Week 4 Journal

Katriel and Farrell contribute a more unique perspective to everyday writing. Their notion that pictures can be considered as examples everyday writing is very interesting because it seems to concentrate more on the idea of everyday writing involving things seen/done everyday instead of the actual writing aspect itself. I really like the idea of scrapbooking and Zines being considered everyday writing because writing is a form of expression and pictures can certainly be used to convey a similar message like its writing counterpart. Walking around during the day people probably encounter more pictures than writing.

                Scrapbooks show what everyday acts really look like and certainly give a more accurate presentation than writing is able to. I think this brings us back to the question of “what makes a writer?” If pictures like Zines and scrapbooks can be considered everyday writing than a writer really doesn’t need to write at all in order to be considered a writer. This means that a writer is really just a person that can convey a message to an audience. It also requires the whole exigency-discourse –change analysis of rhetoric to be redone to better fit the picture category of everyday writing. Adding non-writing material to everyday writing really redefines the boundaries of what can and can’t be everyday writing. Can paintings and sculptures be considered everyday depending on the scene they depict or the message they convey? Katriel and Farrell are definitely making a stretch  by considering scrapbooking and Zines everyday writing but I think it makes since based off of everyday experiences.