sacred places blog entry- jonathan marquez

                 A sacred place can define in many ways. It all lies in the eyes of the beholder. A sacred place(space) can consist of many or be intereperted in many different ways. Many belive that in order for a place to be qualified as sacred must be abnormal. Others for example would say that a religious place is sacred. To me a sacred place cant really be defined be just words. According to the text a sacred place is defined as "... has a spiritual significance for a nation, a people, a community, or even an individual.". As you keep reading the text you'll find many articles within the text example of different sacred place people see. some examples that lie within the text are pictures and poems. We have " The way to rainy mountain" which describes a personal and informative narrative of a N. Scott Momaday about a mountian and nature. You'll also encounter a poem by Stephen Dunn about students and teachers understand their own sacred place. Last, we have two photographs one about to teenagers involved in activity which seem to be about smoking marijuana and other appears to be some teenagers resting by a beach area.
                   The photograph on page 322 with two males relaxing by the car caught my eye the most. in the photograph it appears to  be taken in a secluded place in nature because of its environment. Also there are two males relaxing in and out of a car. One of them appears to be laughing while to other seems to be taking a "hit"(drag) from a "joint"( marijuana cigarette). the other male seems to be holding a "blunt"(similar to a joint but contains more marijuana).
                  The reason this caught my eye the most was because of how time much a of a time difference there is between them and us. Judging by the car it seems to be in the time era of the 1985-1990. Today many teenagers take the same role in the activities being portrayed in this photograph of smoking marijuana. just as they are relaxing many teenagers in the 21st century do as well. The time gap doesnt seem to change how marijuana is being used, just to relax and socialize. From what i can tell from the photograph they are in a nature and very secluded. This can be  a sacred place to many people like them. They cant be bothered by the outside world and they are just having fun. The male laughing seems to not being wearing a shirt which indicates to me that he doesnt have a care in the world but just having a good time and enjoying life. This is why this photograph caught my eye the most.