The presence of body art is more prominent today than it has ever been before. What explains this new desire for personal artistic license that runs across so many generations? Why has our society unexpectedly abandoned its near-unanimous condemnation of those who possessed tattoos to suddenly embrace this new age of ink?  

People from all walks of life, of all ages, are now turning the vivid products of their imaginations into something permanent, not with the classic artist’s tools but with a primed needle pumping permanent ink into the skin.