Yep. It also correlates extremely strongly with an increasing decrease of violent crime. One of the symptoms of low level constant lead exposure is increased aggression and volatility.
The native Maori people of New Zealand have tattooed their faces for centuries. They had a complex warrior culture before the arrival of Europeans, and suffered under early colonialism, but have experienced a cultural revival since the 60′s.
The marks are called moko, and are etched with chisels instead of needles to leave grooves along with the ink. The true form is sacred, unique to each person, and distinct from European tattoos that mimic that traditional style.
There arent many pictures non combat related that look this badass
Actually most
Tā moko are done with modern tattoo equipment these days, but some people get them done the traditional way. And, as others have said, they’re not for Non-
Māori, as they have specific meanings and significance. If you want a tattoo with Māori
style, you can get a
kirituhi. These avoid any designs associated with particular tribes or famous people you’re not related to.
Kirituhi is a Māori style tattoo either made by a non-Māori tattooer, or made for a non-Māori wearer. Kirituhi has mana of it’s own and is a design telling the unique story of the wearer in the visual language of Māori art and design. Kiri means ‘skin’, and tuhi means ‘to write, draw, record, adorn or decorate with painting’.
Kirituhi is not restricted to only Māori people, and it is a way for Māori to share our cultural arts with people from around the world in a respectful manner, and for non-Māori artists to enjoy our beautiful art form as well. I happily do kirituhi for my clients around the world and it is a privilege to do such work for them.
Kirituhi is no lesser an artform than moko, however it is different and I believe these differences must be acknowledged and respected, so that the integrity of our taonga Māori – moko, is maintained around the world.
Moko is uniquely Māori and it is strictly reserved to be done by Māori, for Māori.
If either the recipient or tattooer do not have Māori whakapapa, then the resulting design is a Māori Style tattoo or kirituhi, NOT moko. The word moko originated from the Māori atua (god) of volcanic activity and earthquakes, Rūaumoko – therefore the origin of tā moko is divine and sacred – to me this is no small thing, nor should it be dismissed.
As my mentor once told me, ‘moko is about 99% culture, and 1% tattoo’.
that one college guy who was going to play the piano on campus until his ex took him back
the game designer who tried to propose to his (now ex) girlfriend via the spider man video game
the song “hey there, delilah”. written abt a girl who was in a relationship w another man
any time a guy tries to use art to manipulate a woman into loving him and/or giving him what he wants, he’s wielding it as a weapon
imma be real with you, this post put my iq in the double digits
i’m glad i could improve it!
Alternate take: men use art to express their emotions, and that’s beautiful.
That one college guy wrote and/or played songs that expressed his emotions in ways he’d never been able to fully express before.
The game designer took a medium he worked in, and one his (now ex) girlfriend enjoyed, and wanted to propose in a way that is both memorable and inclusive of both of them.
The song “Hey There, Delilah” is about a struggling musician in a long-distance relationship with a girl he loves very much, so much so as to express it in a song that would hopefully help him provide some financial support to their relationship, and also to reassure her of his love for her.
Guys will use art far more often to express their affections and emotions than they will to manipulate women.
@beckette Take your hate and leave. Stop trying to stop men from expressing their emotions.
i know you really think you Did That, but none of that is true:
the college guy was literally trying to publicly shame and manipulate a girl who broke up with him into taking him back (he got punched in the head because he was playing the piano on the college campus at like, midnight, or something, and thank god).
the guy, who i have been corrected was not actually game designer, but just a guy who wanted a favor, was in a relationship that he knew was going downhill. his ex-girlfriend didn’t care about video games and didn’t want him to propose. as a bonus, after he published his story about it, the woman had to deactivate all her social media accounts due to unrelenting harassment.
“hey there delilah” was NOT written about the singer’s girlfriend. she was at most, a friend of his, and was in a relationship with another man. the song included an uncomfortable amount of personal details, and lead to people accusing her of being a cheater.
i fully encourage that everyone, regardless of their gender, express their emotions in a healthy way. the way these emotions are being expressed, at the very least, made the intended targets uncomfortable, and lead to two innocent women being harassed because of the way men twisted the public perception of them.
In 2008, archaeologists discovered fragments of flutes carved from vulture and mammoth bones at a Stone Age cave site in southern Germany called Hohle Fels. They were carved and played by Homo sapiens. These flutes are ancient, dating back 42,000 to 43,000 years, making them the oldest flutes in the world.
The oldest Homo sapiens flutes, that is. There is at least one flute made by a Neanderthal that is older. Found at a Neanderthal campsite at Divje Babe in northwestern Slovenia, the Neanderthal flute is estimated to be over 43,000 years old and perhaps as much as 80,000 years old.
The video above features Ljuben Dimkaroski, who plays trumpet for the Ljubljana Opera Orchestra, and who helped archaeologists figure out how to play the prehistoric flute. Don’t worry! He is playing a clay replica, not the original.
Death By Catchphrase 