CONTRIBUTING TO THE WORD

I think the construction of our word contributed to the meaning of the word in that they were large and bulky and required support from each other. Each letter was then decorated to match a color from a type of emotional support such as cancer, disease, etc.

The placement of our word showed the idea of support because we chose Lippincott Hall, the study abroad office. This was appropriate because it meant us supporting each other and our differences across a multicultural plane. These causes/illnesses can occur anywhere and we want to support everyone.

The photos of our word help reinforce this idea as well. We placed them stacked up along a column inside Fraser, each letter supporting itself on top of another while also leaning against the very thing that supports the entire building. We also chose to photograph ourselves supporting the letters and to have the letters sitting under the statue of the 2 men outside Lippincott.

All of these aspects contributed to the meaning of our word because they maintain the idea of support and the act of supporting and helping others.