Branding – A Painful Pleasure? | Taboo: Signs of Identity

my project for my body was pretty much

my project for my body was pretty much one arm has the quote-unquote bad stuff

one arm has the quote-unquote bad stuff

one arm has the quote-unquote bad stuff on it and on this arm else all the good

on it and on this arm else all the good

on it and on this arm else all the good stuff a positive stuff on it so on the

stuff a positive stuff on it so on the

stuff a positive stuff on it so on the side of skulls and hearts and daggers

side of skulls and hearts and daggers

side of skulls and hearts and daggers and and like a deity an evil deity and

and and like a deity an evil deity and

and and like a deity an evil deity and snakes and on the side I’ve I know

snakes and on the side I’ve I know

snakes and on the side I’ve I know hearts and flowers and birds branding is

hearts and flowers and birds branding is

hearts and flowers and birds branding is kind of like turning over a new leaf

kind of like turning over a new leaf

kind of like turning over a new leaf it’s like turning over a new chapter

it’s like turning over a new chapter

it’s like turning over a new chapter I am excited um just get wait to see the

I am excited um just get wait to see the

I am excited um just get wait to see the final product I’m not excited with the

final product I’m not excited with the

final product I’m not excited with the pain part of it so I haven’t tried and

pain part of it so I haven’t tried and

pain part of it so I haven’t tried and try not to think about that I’m more

try not to think about that I’m more

try not to think about that I’m more nervous about the smell of the burning

nervous about the smell of the burning

nervous about the smell of the burning skin I guess there are a lot of likes

skin I guess there are a lot of likes

skin I guess there are a lot of likes negative stereotypes about branding and

negative stereotypes about branding and

negative stereotypes about branding and in general I guess for me I don’t really

in general I guess for me I don’t really

in general I guess for me I don’t really see them that much like I really just

see them that much like I really just

see them that much like I really just see the art like the beauty than which

see the art like the beauty than which

see the art like the beauty than which you could create

y’all excited yeah gonna kill me McGirt

y’all excited yeah gonna kill me McGirt feel hurt and it’ll hurt good good this

feel hurt and it’ll hurt good good this

feel hurt and it’ll hurt good good this art of scarification whether it’s

art of scarification whether it’s

art of scarification whether it’s branding or cutting essentially is a is

branding or cutting essentially is a is

branding or cutting essentially is a is the art of guesstimation the placement

the art of guesstimation the placement

the art of guesstimation the placement of the body of the skill of the artist

of the body of the skill of the artist

of the body of the skill of the artist genetics and how a person scars the last

genetics and how a person scars the last

genetics and how a person scars the last one is how they choose to take care of

one is how they choose to take care of

one is how they choose to take care of it all these things help to determine

it all these things help to determine

it all these things help to determine how thick and how raised the scar is

how thick and how raised the scar is

how thick and how raised the scar is gonna be okay there Doyle is so

gonna be okay there Doyle is so

gonna be okay there Doyle is so basically the bikes gonna be facing

basically the bikes gonna be facing

basically the bikes gonna be facing outward yes and then try to stand so

outward yes and then try to stand so

outward yes and then try to stand so you’re really even right till your body

you’re really even right till your body

you’re really even right till your body is just normal fine a nice good center

is just normal fine a nice good center

is just normal fine a nice good center spot we should just fast forward so I

spot we should just fast forward so I

spot we should just fast forward so I just get the whole ordeal with classes

just get the whole ordeal with classes

just get the whole ordeal with classes more into the finished product rather

more into the finished product rather

more into the finished product rather than the actual experience right now

than the actual experience right now

than the actual experience right now lookee there Joyce okay ready he’ll do

lookee there Joyce okay ready he’ll do

lookee there Joyce okay ready he’ll do one then two don’t worry

I don’t see it as harming a skin my skin

I don’t see it as harming a skin my skin I’m adding like more decoration to it

I’m adding like more decoration to it

I’m adding like more decoration to it from the makeup almost is where could

from the makeup almost is where could

from the makeup almost is where could you hear it oh it does hurt it’s just

you hear it oh it does hurt it’s just

you hear it oh it does hurt it’s just adding your personal touch to it it’s

adding your personal touch to it it’s

adding your personal touch to it it’s not really damaging it some parts I’m

not really damaging it some parts I’m

not really damaging it some parts I’m trying not to wince

I guess what choice we’re done yeah

I guess what choice we’re done yeah how’s that good good and I think the

how’s that good good and I think the

how’s that good good and I think the message is I own my body I want to do

message is I own my body I want to do

message is I own my body I want to do something creative with it and I I don’t

something creative with it and I I don’t

something creative with it and I I don’t mind that you find it offensive you know

mind that you find it offensive you know

mind that you find it offensive you know anyone can get a tattoo everybody’s

anyone can get a tattoo everybody’s

anyone can get a tattoo everybody’s getting tattoos now everybody’s getting

getting tattoos now everybody’s getting

getting tattoos now everybody’s getting pierced but you don’t see too many

pierced but you don’t see too many

pierced but you don’t see too many brandings most people nothing they want

brandings most people nothing they want

brandings most people nothing they want to feel the pain but I have to say they

to feel the pain but I have to say they

to feel the pain but I have to say they don’t want to hide anything either they

don’t want to hide anything either they

don’t want to hide anything either they want the real full experience when I go

want the real full experience when I go

want the real full experience when I go through some pain um I don’t know why I

through some pain um I don’t know why I

through some pain um I don’t know why I like it

like it

like it I like it it’s it makes you feel alive

I like it it’s it makes you feel alive

I like it it’s it makes you feel alive so the pain becomes an important moment

so the pain becomes an important moment

so the pain becomes an important moment where a person tries to generate a new

where a person tries to generate a new

where a person tries to generate a new kind of experience in the body to feel

kind of experience in the body to feel

kind of experience in the body to feel the body in a different way so even

the body in a different way so even

the body in a different way so even though it’s painful it it becomes

though it’s painful it it becomes

though it’s painful it it becomes pleasurable in a certain sense