Janae Jones-Landscapes of the Sacred

In the beginning of the semester we learned about chora and topos. As I mentioned in a previous blog, this had no significance to me until later on in the year. Lane describes topos as each second being equal meaning this second means no more to you than the last second or the second to come. He describes chora as something that has significance to you, but did not before. I went home for fall break and I too experienced chora. I was driving to the mall (just to window shop because I had no money) and I drove past the spot where my mom and my step dad got married. I had not been there in ten years, so I decided to stop by and just look at it. As soon as I stepped foot onto the gazebo a feeling came over me and I realized why this place was so special. Driving past it for ten years it just looked like another park, but stepping onto the ground brought back all the memories of that hot day in September when my parents got married.