Does anyone remember the creepy movie, “The Illustrated Man” with Rod Steiger as this totally tattooed guy with one clean area on his back into which you can look and see how you die??  One of those 60s/70s heavy, deep, allegorical and downright creepy movies.  Well. .  . . .

I saw a woman who was wearing shorts, a tank top and flip flops. She was covered — truly COVERED — with tattoos. From her chin down to just above her hands (I think the hands were pretty clear) down to her feet (although I declined to use my x-ray vision to see behind her tank top and shorts — for surely, I would have gone blind).

Without staring so obviously (me, obvious?), I tried to see a pattern or symmetry, if any. But, really I know nothing about tattooing and this “art form” so I need to read up. Was she displaying hopes and desires and personality traits in symbols on her body? Or was this self-mutilation gone wild, a la Ani DeFranco? Hmmmm.