Alexander Diaz

Journal 1

The historic society has been setting stones across lexington in order to raise awareness about the many people, good or bad, that have passed through the town and left somewhat of an impact. A good idea at first but looking into the writing online and actually seeing the stones in person, I think it does not do as much as it can to pull people into the stories behind these interesting characters that have strolled through lexington at one point or another. You see the stones are all but invisible to the common person. Even if you did look away from your phone for a second and see one, you wouldn’t be interested to investigate. There’s no direction to the online website or that there even is a description of this person somewhere. You look down and see some random person’s name on the floor and then go about your day. Now lets say someone actually put in the time to find out that there was an organization who put together a website and bio’s on each brick around town. Well then they are faced with bland biographies that quickly run down who the person was and maybe why they were there. For some reason, some bio’s are more indepth than others like if they were written by different people. Some give as quick of a rundown as the stones do while others give much information. Overall, the process is boring and outdated. The site itself even needs to be redone because it uses too much open space and unflattering colors. There needs to be a revamp of this writing where not only are the people guided to the site but also hooked to the stories behind each person. The writing just needs to be more appealing. If I went to this site today and saw how it looked and how it was written, you’ve already lost me on the first bio. So all in all I do not think this partner positions themselves very well in the overall landscape of their environment because they are ultimately hidden from the peoples eye.