This week was FULL of research, and I feel like I got some ideas going for my project, which was really exciting. I’m intimidated by but pumped about the fact that I have selected a gap in the research by looking into song lyric tattoos. I found sources on the connections between tattooing and trauma and also music and trauma, which is a way I’m connecting the ideas of music and tattooing. I also found some sources about affirmations and how that promotes well-being but also how music promotes well-being, so words and powerful phrases can be a tool for well-being, hence why many people choose to tattoo song lyrics on themselves. I also was thinking a lot about why people choose to get tattoos and how it can create community between people who are tattooed or connect with the tattoos one has. For example, with song lyrics, fans of that music might be more drawn to one’s tattoos and establish connections with them based on that music.