| Seeing a piece of paper roll out of a printer | | | | technical level this may break down a bit but |
| with words ready to be read diminishes all | | | | in a pure application sense technical thought |
| the creative thought that went into creating | | | | is fairly black and white. The technical item |
| those words. The printed ink takes on shape | | | | in question works or it does not work. The |
| and form but how those words and shapes | | | | technician may need to be creative in finding |
| actually made it to the page is sort of taken | | | | the solution but in the end it comes down to |
| for granted. Most who look at the letters and | | | | does the thing work. In this regard, it takes |
| shapes will just shrug and | | | | a certain personality, and a particular |
| indicate"ok…letters and shapes." Little | | | | section of the brain, to understand this type |
| do they understand what the person who put | | | | of concept. |
| those letters and shapes onto the paper went | | | | |
| through to accomplish the task, let alone the | | | | When applying ink or words and shapes a |
| people who manufactured the computer, the | | | | differing part of the brain is used along |
| printer or the ink print cartridges for that | | | | with a differing set of guidelines. Abstract |
| matter. In this thinking the old statement | | | | thought becomes more of the norm. Does the |
| "there's more to it than meets the eye" | | | | ink coming from the ink print cartridges need |
| begins to ring true. | | | | to form this font or that, does the idea |
| | | | really fit on the page/body in the way |
| Body art | | | | intended, should the color of the image begin |
| | | | to change a bit here or just a bit further |
| There is little dissent in the fact that | | | | on. There is no yes or no in these questions, |
| tattoos are a very real creative art form. | | | | it is a creative thought following guidelines |
| Ink applied to the body has existed thought | | | | to work within. The effort is in the staying |
| time. In many instances, the practice is a | | | | somewhere near the guideline, whether inside |
| spiritual thing connecting the body to a | | | | or outside of the line is the objective and |
| "higher meaning." The "higher meaning" being | | | | creative process. The ink flows as the writer |
| whatever the wearer happens to make it. In | | | | artist/ink decides it will. |
| its own way, The Learning Channels new show | | | | |
| Miami Ink explores these two aspects of | | | | Personality |
| expression; how does the ink moving from its | | | | |
| cartridges manifest a "higher meaning" | | | | As in the TV show Miami Ink personalities |
| through a tattoo and how does the creative | | | | dictate the look and feel of the art being |
| nature and lifestyle of the person applying | | | | applied. A rough night out may mean a |
| the ink figure into the process. | | | | different result the next day. The cast of |
| | | | Miami Ink certainly shows this aspect as the |
| Personalities | | | | ink sometime flies. This is to be expected as |
| | | | the search for that "higher meaning" may take |
| There is a commonality between writing/ | | | | many forms and hopefully in a positive form |
| tattooing as apposed to writing/tattooing and | | | | on a persons body. |
| technical application. At a theoretical | | | | |