11 words that describe the photo

1. Juxtapose - To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
2. Zones - an area or a region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
3. Ordinary - Of no exceptional ability, degree, or quality
4. Spotlight - To focus attention on
5. Soliloquy - A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener
6. Suburban - A residential district located on the outskirts of a city
7. Everyday - Routine and commonplace
8. Nonsentimental – Not affectedly or extravagantly emotional
9. Honest - Not deceptive or fraudulent
10. Island - Being isolated or surrounded
11.Organized - Functioning within a formal structure; Efficient and methodical

When I was a Boy

When I was 12 years old, I had an interest in painting. I studied paintings by Raphael and Monet and was smitten by their sensational landscapes. My mother had lived in Italy for a period of time and she pressed upon me that this is what good art was. If the beauty of a landscape determined the value of the art then how could I, living in New Jersey, ever create a work of art? New Jersey it seemed was a totally different animal than what the Renaissance painters were faced with. Instead of sweeping skies we had telephone poles and antennas. Instead of handcrafted ceramics ours were plastic and machine produced. I too was different as I went to high school instead of being an apprentice. Much had happened in-between the time of the Renaissance and me sitting on the porch with my acrylics. I was in the middle of something complex I couldn’t understand.

Word List

GOAL: Try to find words that characterize New Jersey.

1. Configuration
2. Timetable
3. Utility
4. Mechanized
5. Inorganic
6. Streamlining
7. Plethora
8. Nostalgic
9. Specifications
10. Mainstream
11. Incremental
12. Constraint
13. Purchase
14. Commission
15. Package
16. Components
17. Levels
18. Circulation
19. Emergence
20. Model
21. Adopted
22. Indicate
23. Innumerable
24. Implemented
25. Trivial
26. Proliferation
27. Consequence
28. Tangible
29. Generalized
30. Ritual
31. Efficiency
32. Speed
33. Layering
34. Manufacture
35. Ideal
36. Vulnerable
37. Produced
38. Catering
39. Published
40. Consultant
41. Indulgent
42. Resonate
43. Surface
44. Distinct
45. Competitor
46. Origin
47. Accordance
48. Instructions
49. Rattle
50. Obtained
51. Driven
52. Labor
53. Pageantry
54. Flares
55. Resourceful
56. Pattern
57. Celebrated
58. Stolen
59. Alert
60. Workday
61. Construct
62. Possession
63. Equilibrium
64. Interrupted
65. Muffling
66. Yielding
67. Getaway
68. Flex
69. Stifling
70. Subdivisions
71. Bubble
72. Banal
73. Redundancy
74. Contrive
75. Rendezvous
76. Branch
77. Conjoined
78. Multitude
79. Appliance
80. Distemper
81. Blister
82. Circumstance
83. Metallic
84. Instrument
85. Stealthily
86. Memory
87. Adjacent
88. Motion
89. Hedge
90. Penetrate
91. Crowded
92. Conflicting
93. Solitary
94. Nerves
95. Murderously
96. Mason
97. Snub
98. Toll
99. Grandstanding

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PHOTOS

Words pulled out from Blog

1. descent
2. seed
3. ideologies
4. facilitated
5. delineates
6. cultural border
7. polarizing
8. proximity
9. conflicted
10. branching off
11. structures
12. sandwiched
13. degradation
14. densely
15. deters
16. independence
17. producer
18. monotonous
19. showcase
20. access
21. hub
22. enforcement
23. waterways
24. under appreciated
25. various
26. shipping
27. sovereign
28. overthrown
29. brotherhood
30. celebratory
31. complacency
32. mainstream
33. emphasize
34. tragic
35. virtue
36. value
37. unity
38. dichotomy
39. scandel
40. uninspiring
41. dull
42. implants
43. jug handle
44. strut
45. Joysie
46. self-depreciating
47. birthright
48. restraint
49. smell
50. sarcastic
51. funnel
52. recognition
53. seceded
54. founded
55. tied
56. influence
57. tension
58. reunite
59. founded
60. gamble
61. modernity
62. reflective

interesting photo - very jersey

this photo is the opposite of our expectation when thinking of a romantic landscape, yet it manages to be charming and reflective
interesting photo - jersey romance

Phone Conversation with Tom

Progenitor (noun) – a precursor, an originator of a line of descent, the seed of what will become

The feeling of happiness can be attributed to a person or personified to a place that has a vision of its self of what it can become in the future.

Where is NJ at now and where will it be 10 years from now?

What can be uncovered about NJ?

What are the borders of New Jersey not physically but in terms of how it’s perceived stereotypically? Then how can those borders be expanded?

In promoting itself, New Jersey has played it safe with stale state slogans and generic tourism commercials. Characters and places that are the fruit of NJ aren’t appropriate for self-promotion. By playing it so safe, NJ has hurt their hurt their own self–image.

NJ is moving away from its old identity of “The Garden State.” This could lead to an opportunity to rename the Garden State Parkway and create a new identity for it.

The traits that define the character of a place can be incorporated into design to create a sense of that place.