**Sunrise**

I feel that these pictures give mixed feelings. At first glance you see a beautiful sunrise.It gives feelings of a new beginning and a start of a new day. But as your eyes go down your feelings start to change. You begin to see dark images. This is the typical image of the city.Mostly industrial and run-down .The picture now becomes negative. To me I feel like the picture is saying that yes it is a new morning but I can't get out of this negative "funk". I think that D-town is in a funk. A period of rebuilding maybe?? The picture to me also shows potential and even hope that one day the Detroit can once again be great!

Faded Detroit

After looking over the assinged blogs I realized a couple things. First of all I do think that the old buildings that are making the city look run down should be torn down. They are just contributing to the negative image. I don't understand why people are making such a big deal about the history of the building. "History" isn't making the city any better so why is having an old building still intact in the city only because it has "History". I think it's a good idea to add tourist spots like hotels, restuarants, and casinos. These are the things that will bring people back to the city again and again. And in turn drive out the negative image of Detroit.

Homeplace

One of the things that stuck out to me while i was reading this essay what the fact that Hooks says that she is going to her grandmother's house. Even though both of her grandparents lives there. I also do the same thing. I refer to grandparent's house as my grandma's. I think I do this because my grandma is the one who takes care of anything and everything that happenes in the house..

When Hooks begins to talk about the homeplace and what it is used for I also agree. I think that your home should be were you regain strength that the world has drained out of you. Also you should feel safe and be able to find comfort. The "homeplace" should be a place of refuge.