I think Katriel and Farrell continue our discussion of everyday writing because scrapbooks are a form of writing. While scrapbooks do not at all contain the same amount of words as a novel or even a letter they still convey a message to an audience. Also the author of a scrapbook chooses what is important enough to put in their book. A writer doesn't write down every single thought they think just as in the same way a scrapbooker doesn't put pictures of every mundane thing they do. Both forms of writing involve similar thought processes of choosing what is important enough to put in their writings.
This article opened my mind up to new forms of writing. While I had heard of scrapbooks and even have a few, I had never heard of zines. While zines and scrapbooks are similar in the way they are put together, zines are more published works. Both are objects used to express ideas and stories in the same way a book does. All these objects express an idea but they are all conveyed in different forms.
Like you said, I also agree that although they lack a majority of the textual content that typical pieces of writing contain, scrapbooks and zines do convey a message which can be equally as strong, just portrayed through a different means of communication. Also, I too think that those who create scrapbooks and zines go through some very similar creative and selective processes.
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