Creativity In Tattoos On The Heart By Greg Boyle

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How do you know you are human? When a person thinks of a human in the broadest sense many things probably come to mind. Humans walk on two legs, we have thumbs, we drive cars, we make money, one can think of many examples of activities that are unique to humans. What really makes us human, what factors can no other animal in the world do or show as much as a human can? The factors that truly show what it means to be human is to be creative, to be strong, and to be passionate. Every human has their own style, preferences, and tendencies. That is creativity. Creativity comes in many forms: wardrobe, footwear, body art (such as tattoos and piercing). The book “Tattoos on the Heart” by Greg Boyle works with former and active gang and me mentions multiple times in his story about their …show more content…

Creativity defiantly has its influence on these forms of art. Art is just an extension of a person’s fashion. If one considers body art, families considering stories as art, and some consider feeling and passion with poems and song as art. Not only is making art difficult, but it requires time and effort that not everyone is willing do. So, when someone does put in that effort and time, it become very evident that this person has a creative mind, and is brave enough to express their feelings, and the passion to do so, it takes strength. When we hear the word strength, usually the first thing that comes to mind is big muscles, men, and sports. That would be the most basic description of strength that only touch the tip of what strength really is. Strength is not only in the physical meaning of the word, emotional strength, mental strength, and resilience are all forms of strength. To become strong in any of these ways usually requires you to be strong on all forms of strength, anything that an individual believes requires strength will undoubtedly require strength from somewhere else in the