Visual Point of View

There is a wide variation of emotions that can be associated with the lawn.  These emotions are based on locations, uses of, or the people that use them.  Emotions are something that defines every interaction that humans make, so it’s interesting to see that one simple word such as lawn.  Lawns can have positive and negative emotions in relation to family activities and occasions.  It can be associated as good memories and thus positive reactions towards the word of lawn such as happiness, cheer, and love.  Or if there is a bad family memory then one may relate it as sadness, depression and/or unhappy.  Basically events that one has in relation to their family can drastically change the feeling of how one word defines a location.

Words: interaction, emotion, variations, negative, positive, reaction, sadness, love, cheer, family

There is a subculture in the American view of the lawn; that subculture is alternative.  This category views the lawn as more of an interactive means than a static and physical location.  Within this category is the view of the lawn as a way to educate the youth through classroom activities or the creation of a garden to teach sustainability and cooking.  The lawn can also be seen as a way to give back to the community or give birth to a hands on technology.  DIY is one of the major popular subcategories that stand out in alternative culture because with it has brought a more personal touch, and hands on feel to the way that Americans view.

Words: sustain, interactive, alternative, static, creation, physical, community, popular, subculture, technology