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 exigence, or purpose/motivation, audience, or who is expected to read the specific text, and where the text is presented, otherwise known as location. Exigence/motivation is important because it is the catalyst that causes an individual to create an everyday text, and it is the reason that that specific text exists in the first place. Motivation is also important because it influences the location at which the text is displayed. This is due to the fact that depending on what the issue is, an individual, in order to make their text effective, must choose a corresponding place to put it that makes sense and is coherent. The audience is also important because the text, in order to have any effect, must have relevance and be specific to the audience that the author wants to focus on.
These concepts all align with tattoos because behind every tattoo is a story, or a motivation that led that individual to get it. This motivation is, therefore, very important because it led to the creation of the tattoo in the first place. Audience aligns with tattoos as well because depending on what the message of the tattoo is, or how personal it is, the tattoos audience will be specific to this. Audience goes hand in hand with location, because location determines the audience. For example, if the tattoo is really personal and only meant for the individual's own eyes to see, the location will be more hidden and less exposed than a tattoo meant for everyones eyes, like one on the arm or face. 
We can consider this everyday writing because it implements all three of these concepts which we have discussed time and time again in this class. A tattoo is also voluntary and semi casual.