1. I think that we define a place but the place also defines us. I think that the place defines us without anyone realizing it then we define that place as how it defined us.
2. Each artist was influenced by where they grew up and it showed in their art work. Sally Mann one artist grew up Missouri and as a child she was almost a tomboy she didn’t wear clothes all the time so she showed that in her art by having images of her children naked. She also did a lot of nature images because she lives in such a beautiful place she took advantage of that.
3. I felt more connected with Sally Mann. I think it is because I really love photography and that’s what she did. She is also very into nature and takes many photographs of the outdoors that is primarily what I like to photograph.
4. A place that scared me as a child would be my basement from my house in Indiana. I believed that it was haunted and I still believe that. A place that interested me would be the zoo I have always loved the zoo and seeing all the animals.
Playroom in the attic – adventure
Great Grandmas house – warm
Bedroom – safe
Park – exhilarating
Zoo- obsession
5. Out of the places I listed I’m going to choose my great grandma’s house. It was not bright but it wasn’t dark either it was like a soft lighting. In the living room there was a couch that was always covered with a sheet. And there was a lounge chair and an ottoman. It always smelled like roses because my grandma had a beautiful rose garden and she would bring the some of the flowers in the house. When I was younger I went to my great grandmas every other weekend because my dad lived with her so it was like my other home. I had my own room with a little figurine or a girl and two cats holding an umbrella that played music. I would fall asleep listening to it every night. The figurine was very smooth but also very fragile and I remember that I broke the umbrella off one day. I was really upset when I broke it and I was afraid that I would get into trouble. I still have the figurine and I still listen to it every now and then.