Journal Week 7 AG

One of the primary aspects of everyday writing that I learned about in this course is for the piece of writing to cause change. Tattoos can certainly cause change; an example would be how people might treat someone with an HIV positive in a different manner than if they didn’t have it. Another important aspect I have learned in this course is for everyday writing to be somewhat unprofessional. This concept is difficult to apply to Tattoos because there are professional tattoo artists but each piece of their work is unique and is influenced by the recipient’s decisions on what kind of tattoo they want. Tattoos can convey very powerful messages without having to use words or be obnoxious (in either size or color) and are something anyone can get, in varying prices and quality, if they desire. A third important concept that I have learned in this course would be the informality usually present in everyday forms of writing.  Are tattoos a form of everyday writing? I would have to say yes because it seems to fit the criteria we have placed for everyday pieces of writing. Tattoos can carry a variety of different meanings and can be found on every kind of person. Tattoos are more unique than other forms of everyday writing in that they are permanent; I would say that most of the other forms of writing we have discussed in class are more temporary than tattoos. Ideally this should mean that more people should see tattoos because of how long they last meaning that they are potentially the most influential piece of everyday writing. The idea that HIV tattoos change how people are treated would be correct since in our concrete definition of everyday writing we determined that they cause change or they have no rhetorical value. The change towards people with the tattoos can be positive or negative but it is definitely there.