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?

            I believe that the three most important concepts of the course so far are the situation, purpose and audience. The situation in which a text is written influences the content of the text. The purpose of the text influences the format of the text and the wording that is used. The intended audience will influence the type of language used in the text and the background information included in the text.

             A tattoo aligns with the three concepts that we have discussed so far. There is a situation behind a tattoo that influences the getting of the tattoo weather it is for a reminder to yourself or a memorial of an event or death. A tattoo of a bible verse would be influenced by a religious event or awakening. Tattoos also have a purpose to them that is only known by the person who gets the tattoo done. The audience of the tattoo is determined by the placement of the tattoo on the person who gets it. If a tattoo is placed on your face the audience is anyone that happens to walk by and sees it. However if the tattoo is placed on a shoulder or somewhere that is covered by skin the audience is the determined by whom the person who has the tattoo shows it too.

            I would say that a tattoo could be a form of everyday writing depending on the purpose for getting the tattoo. If the tattoo is done for a personal reason and is not done from a stencil it could be an everyday writing. There is a personal and unique expression to those style tattoos. If the tattoo is done off of a stencil with a generic meaning the tattoo would not be an everyday writing. Though tattoos are institutional in the training it takes to become a tattoo artist they are also un-institutional in the content of the tattoo.