Reading the "tattoo" section has given me even more of a realization how people can even express themselves with their skin. Skin is the one organ that holds pigments in a way that can express something. I have realized how amazing it is that something with ink can stay in our skin that is a constant state of shedding, yet the tatoo remains. It's the only organ that can be decorated on the human body. 

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