Week 8 Journal

What does Morris and tombstones contribute to our understanding of everyday writing?

Morris sees tombstones as everyday writing. He states that it is there for the propose of separating the living and the dead, but as a memory. The memory can be interpreted by two audiences: the family viewing it and a memory of their loved ones lives, and outsiders as a memory to all of us that we should remember death because it is out fate.  He focuses on the purpose of graveyards to remind us that out bodies are ephemeral but these grave sights are forever. He also states that the placement of graveyards are there for people to see. Common places for graveyards are churches, towns, and cities which are all inhabited by humans. We are left to interpret the individuality of each stone by the name, shape, surrounding objects, and saying that were engraved that are unique to each person.  Grave sights that are displayed as a garden give us the inspirational view on death, that the death of one is life for many other things. Some of these graves contain eye catching structures to grab the attention of anyone passing by. Like other forms of everyday writing graves are have a purpose, have a specific location,  an audience and individual unique factors surrounding it.