temporary body art | tattoo body art | henna body art Temporary body art is the henna tattoo craze that won't go away. Today, temporary body art is rivaling all other body art forms; and henna body art is the new kid on the block Temporary body art is also beautiful and graceful and provides a person looking for tattoo body art with a temporary body art alternative that has a history, ceremonial context and positive associations. Henna body art is 5,000 years old, but what's new about this tattoo body art form to us in the west is the fact that it is a temporary body art. Traditional tattoo body art forms - meaning painful and permanent tattoo body art - have not been eclipsed, but then henna temporary body art isn't trying to do that.