Backing up in back ink
I've never wanted a tattoo. I have no faith that what enthralled me enough to undergo a permanent inking would please me decades later. So many mistakes I would rather put behind me—and certainly not in the literal sense displayed here. But I do envy the optimism of those who so wholeheartedly commit and who feel free to make their inner lives so indiscriminately public.
It's so cool that you have SO many photographs that you can extract three tattooed backs!
Terry, I so agree with all of your comments. A recent beach vacation in Georgia gave my hubby and me a chance to observe and discuss hundreds of inked bodies, and I marveled at these people's confidence that what is meaningful to them should be shared now with the world and will be meaningful to them decades from now--a permanent bumper sticker on the body.