Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Week 7 journal

What do you believe are the 3 most important concepts of the course so far?
And do they align with tattoos? Can we consider tattooing everyday writing?


What everyday writing is, the audience of a piece of everyday writing, and the reason behind a everyday text are what I believe to be the 3 most important concepts of the course. Tattoos can be considered a piece of everyday writing because of the fact the person getting a tattoo is choosing to get one, and choosing what they want to get. But being that you are technically buying a tattoo, or paying for it, it could be argued that it is not everyday. Tattoos can be gotten because that person is trying to take a stand on something, because what they're getting has meaning to them, or simply because they just want a tattoo. To be forced to get a tattoo, to let alone label you, would make tattooing be very institutionalized. The audience of tattoos to me seems most important. First off, you are choosing to get a tattoo in a place that can either be seen, or not be seen. Right off the back you are choosing your audience, and even after the fact you can still choose to hide it. If you were to have a small tattoo on your wrist and your job didn’t allow tattoos, but you got the job, you could cover it up with a long sleeve shirt or a bandage. You're choosing not to show your work audience your tattoo, but if you were in ever day attire you would choose to show it, which is very everyday.

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