Subtle Domain

My chosen domain is the booth that I am sitting in at Bruegger’s Bagels on North University Avenue. The booths at Bruegger’s or practically anywhere that has a similar sitting arrangement gives the occupant a personal domain. I chose this angle in particular because I thought that the lining along the floor was very crucial for me to explain the given domain in this picture. In this photo, people are sitting in the two booths in front of mine. They both decide to keep their bags underneath their seats and not over the line that is bordering the booths. I did the same thing as them, subconsciously, because it feels natural due to the given personal domain that Bruegger’s is kind enough to provide us with. “This personal domain might be extended to the distance that two people maintain between them as an acceptable social distance. Lot lines and fences define the domain of a family.”(Dogon Domain, Lavine) Just like this, the Bruegger’s floor paneling works the same for the booths upstairs. The border that is formed by the panels on the floor defines the domain of a person’s personal space for the time that they spend there.