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EVERYDAY LIFE IS HOW ONE PERCEIVES IT TO BE. EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT AND THERE ARE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE OUTLOOKS. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE VIEW IT AS A REGULAR LIFESTYLE WHERE YOU GO TO WORK/SCHOOL AND THEN COME HOME AND SLEEP, BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT I AM FOCUSING ON. I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE THAT PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET OR DISMISS. ASPECTS OF DEATH, VIOLENCE, ABUSE ETC. EXIST IN OUR SOCIETY AND WE TEND TO BLOCK THESE CONCERNS FROM OUR MINDS BECAUSE IT DEVELOPS TERROR WITHIN OURSELVES. WE ARE MAJOR CONSUMERS OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND THIS IS OUT LIFESTYLE. WHAT I EMPHASIZED ON IS LIFESTYLE AND LIFE CHOICES BECAUSE IT IS THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN LIFE THAT DETERMINES THE OUTCOME. WE ARE CONSUMERS BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE THAT CHOICE AND NOT ONLY CAN IT LEADS TO POSITIVE RESULTS BUT ALSO NEGATIVE. WHETHER YOU ENJOY PARTICIPATING IN THE DAYTIME EVENTS OR THE NIGHTLIFE, IT IS YOU WHO HAS CHOSEN THAT LIFESTYLE. THE PAMPHLET MENTIONS THAT "THE SPECTACLE OFFERS THE IMAGE AND NEVER THE REALITY...IT OFFERS THE DREAM OF SATISFACTION" THIS IS STILL TRUE TODAY BUT THERE ARE IMAGES DIRECTED TO SOCIETY THAT DEPICTS REALITY AND USUALLY IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT. IT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT BECAUSE IT GRABBED THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION BUT THE NEGATIVE SIDE IS THAT THE PUBLIC DIDN'T NOT OBTAIN PLEASANT FEELINGS WHILE EXPERIENCING IT.

THIS IS HOW I SEE EVERYDAY LIFE TO BE, AS A LIFESTYLE THAT IS BASED ON LIFE CHOICES...
>PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF THEIR ACTIONS
>PEOPLE ARE CLUELESS ABOUT WHAT IS OCCURRING AROUND THEM
>PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF THE DAY AND BLOCK OUT THE WORST THINGS

PUBLIC SPACE VERSUS PRIVATE SPACE:
SOMETIMES WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE PUBLIC SPACES ARE NOT PUBLIC AT ALL BUT RATHER PRIVATE. FOR INSTANCE YORK UNIVERSITY IS A PUBLIC SPACE BUT BECAUSE IT IS PRVATE PROPERTY AND YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL MUST OBEY THE RULES, YOU ARE RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN THINGS AND THUS THIS BECOMES PRIVATE SPACE. MANY SPACES HAVE BECOME PRIVATE BECAUSE OF HIGH SURVEILLANCE. BASICALLY, YOU AS THE INDIVIDUAL AREN'T FREE BECAUSE YOU ARE BEING WATCHING WITHOUT BEING AWARE.
AND THIS OCCURS IN THE DAY TIME AND NIGHT TIME. HOWEVER, IT IS MUCH HIGHER AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE NIGHT LIFE CULTURE ...

NIGHTLIFE:
IT IS A DIFFERENT CULTURE COMPARED TO DAY TIME. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND GATHER AS A COMMUNITY TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES FROM THE PRESSURES OF WORK AND SCHOOL. IT IS ALSO THE TIME WHERE EVENTS OCCUR FOR NIGHT CLUBS AND BARS. THIS ALLOWS THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE LIFESTYLE AT NIGHT. NIGHT TIME IS ALSO TIME FOR PROSTITUTES TO COME OUT. THESE EVENTS CAN GET OUT OF HAND AND LEAD TO FIGHTS AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES (DRINKING AND DRIVING, RAPE ETC.) THEREFORE THERE IS HIGH SURVEILLANCE AND ALOT OF THESE PLACES ARE UNDER THE POLICE'S CONTROL.

...AND THESE ARE THE ASPECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE WE TEND TO IGNORE AND WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF.