My sister recently had this tattoo done. When looking at it, unlike in the Russian jails, people do not initially understand what the tattoo means. This is an image that is of her own design, and it meaning really only known to her until disclosed.
Tattoos are becoming more a part of self-expression than a telling of the wearer's life story, even in the Russian criminal system. My sister's tattoo is of her astrological sign: Libra (the Scales).
The tattoo is like a self-portrait using the skin as the canvas or film, whether in the past or in modern times.
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