Journal #6

When you think about a grave yard and if it can be considered a form of everyday writing the simple answer should be yes. Walk through any grave yard and every tombstone that is placed within is unique in its own way. In Morris' Death on Display he makes serval great points about tombstones that contribute to our understanding of everyday writing. One of the most interesting points I found is when Morris says, "In turn, display serves to teach or remind the living that this world is not our abiding place." I love that take on graveyards and tombstones because its a great way to look at them. Everyone eventaully passes away its part of life. Graveyards and tombstones are a reminder to us the living that life doesn't last forever and one day our time will come to where we will have a tombstone of our own.
As Ive been reading through the post made so far, Taylor made a point that caught my eye. Taylor was talking about examples of why graveyards and tombstones are considered a part of everyday writing. The example Taylor used was referencing a gravestone of a newly born infant. "The gravestone of a 3 month old child is not seen by many, other than the people who live in the town, and the tombstone signifies innocence  and the ending of an early life." Its great to think about how each tombstone is different in its own way like Taylor was referring to. A tombstone created for a infant is vastly different from a tombstone created for a military veteran. That is one of the biggest reason that graveyards and tombstones are considered a part of everyday writing because no matter what each is different in its own way. A big example of this is Arlington Nation Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Even though almost all of the tombstones are identical in the physical shape the message writing on them are all different. Every single tombstone held within any graveyard resmbles a persons life that nobody else lived, thats what makes each of them special.