Building on the Rock

Daylight comes and breaks through the darkness, lighting up the world.

Night exists because light fades away. The day is gone.

But we know it will be back again.
Its the stability that helps us tell time.
That constant pattern of day and night helps us to see seasons.
Fall and winter and spring and summer.

Everything is made of pieces.
People have bodies made up of so many parts.

Our bodies have systems, which are made up of organs which are made up of tissues which are made up of cells, which are made of many different cell parts which are made of---well...i could go on. ...down to the atomic level......does ever it stop?

The point is, things influnence other things.
Things work together to create other different things.
And some things exist because other things exist.

Life exists because seeds were planted.
A tree grows from the ground.
A baby grows from the womb.
Forests and families grow.

Life also occurs in cycles.
This cycle is stable.
Birth. Newborn. Child. Teen. Adult.
A time to live and a time to die.

It’s a pretty predictable cycle. Life is kind of a phenomena. We know where it comes from, how it’s produced and how the cycle works, but yet we cannot escape from its boundaries. Everyone is part of that cycle and cannot be
removed from it.

http://photos.somd.com/data/500/medium/sunrise_at_sea.jpg
http://www.ni-photos.jmcwd.com/moonlight-ireland.jpg
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/img/354416.jpg
http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/DataAnalysis/e-science/2004_povs/jpegs/1000xC60_final.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1301/1385685891_32299e35ef.jpg

-->my bad.... i just realized the topic said "in the built environment" .......... i'll get on that...

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Explain through image and text how the BUILT ENVIRONMENT affects (supports or detracts) from who you are. Speculate in terms of frameworks, clockworks, phenomena, and oppositions.

The built environment plays a huge role in our lives, both consciously and unconsciously. I see that in my own life in the houses I've grown up in. The places we dwell really shape who we are and what we think, our preferences, and even who we become.

We feel...well, I feel..."homey" in the houses I've grown up in. They happen to be older homes, unique in their style and reminiscent of an older time. Of course when my family moved in, we placed our stamp of ownership on what was once someone else's. It became "ours." Most of my memories and times of comfort can be traced back to one of those houses. Funny how much time is spent away from home, yet how much I remember being there.

How much have I been affected by my surroundings? Probably more than I know. But I think once removed from my comfort zone (wherever that may be) I realize it's more than just "the home" itself that makes it my home. It's the block I lived on, the neighbors I had, the street I'd walk to school on, the small town I was a part of, and even the landscape--the landscape transformed by man into farms and fields, and the natural-->the lakes, woods, and animal life;

It doesn't stay at that scale, but who I am and what defines me keeps expanding from my city-->to my state-->region-->country-->continent-->hemisphere-->world-->earth-->planetary system-->Milky Way-->into outer space and the unknown.

Who I am is more than just the physical characteristics, though. It's also the way I spent my time, the way my parents spent their time. The days and nights we had, our schedules, our lifestyles and the way we responded to our environments, even the friends we have. These might not be physical, but are definitely built.

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Here are some things that will hopefully help with our term projects....hm....

www.cmykmag.com

www.printmag.com

www.graphis.com

core77.com

i saw some cool stuff but i'm not really exactly sure how to put any of this stuff onto my site. A lot of it I couldn't copy or download, which is fine, but I saw some cool layouts and awesome pictures. I got some ideas to talk about in section next time, maybe some of these ideas we could use in our document.

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