One in three Australian women now have a tattoo, and most don’t stop at one. What is the compulsion to keep adding ink?
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My first tattoo was a 21st birthday present to myself, and I couldn’t tell you what it was.
I was backpacking up the east coast of Australia and heard about a Sydney artist who would take a tab of acid, chat to you for a bit, then draw something he thought captured your aura.
It was the 90s, and I hadn’t yet decided if I was a grungehead or a New Age type, so a tattoo of a vaguely mystical symbol that looked a bit like a spiral and a bit like a star seemed spot on.
