A lot of people I know have piercings and tattoos. I remember in the past, reading an article about how people look at their bodies as a human canvas. There's this one guy who tattooed his whole body green with lizard-like scale designs, got his tongue split professionally to look like a lizard's tongue and who knows what else. Some people like this guy take it to the extreme or even over the line.
The Ancient Greeks made naked statues of human forms of their gods and goddesses, characters from myths and stories, or other important figures of their time. Their thought of divinity and beauty are mostly focused on the muscles in the body where the figure flexes in a contraposto pose. Even in today's society, we look at each others' figures and without knowing it, categorize one as attractive or unattractive. Some of us view our images in the mirror and criticize or comment ourselves. One could say, "I need to go to the gym" or "Damn, I look cute today" or even "Ugh, I look crappy today. Whatever, it's the weekend." The way we were our clothes could also be looked at as pretty much a decoration for our bodies, the way we evolved from togas to clothes lines from Hollister, Aeropostal, and Walmart and New Balance or Nike shoes.
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