Journal #4 Place and Scene with Everyday Writing

     When originally asked the question of where most writing takes place or the “scene” of writing, I think of a classroom. Maybe my bed, or desk. I think of these places as I typically do the majority of my writing for school related reasons. However, after reading the essay about physical graffiti, I think much differently. The essay argues that some people view the writing scene as limitless. “The writing scene can never be reduced to mere signification in so far as the body is very apparatus that creates meaning” (Hansen and Bergson).  I feel like this proposes an interesting argument. It makes us think more about the scenes and places of where writing takes place and its rhetorical argument. I thought it was very interesting how the article described the world as a text “in which we live in”. That gave me a different perspective as to places and scenes of writing. Maybe the world is the place. So therefore, any “place” can be argued to play a role in everyday writing.  I agree with Taylor in that, “"The specific scenes that you are involved in create a circulation of ideas of an great amount of places, with the same scene." I think this goes along with the world being a text in which we live in.

            I think place/scene plays a large role in the circulation of ideas. Graffiti originated in New York, during a period of cultural change. We would not see this type of street writing on the side of the Taj Mahal or the White House. And while these are historically important buildings, it shows how there can be restrictions on some forms of writing. Being in a different country might spark different ideas for writing as opposed to being in the home/school everyday setting. Overall, place/scene plays a large role in the circulation of ideas.