Katriel and Farrell contributes to our conversations about everyday writing by explaining that scrapbooks are created for the sake of keeping memories alive on pages. They are arranged in a specific order, whether it is in order of when the pictures were taken or a page of similar events. Scrapbooks tell stories with and without captions, but with captions they are more easily understood by those who were not there at the time the picture was taken. Katriel and Farrell say that it is about “making decisions about what goes in, that you’re having that kind of dialogue, which the subtext is: what’s important to you?” People who make scrapbooks tend to glorify some things or pictures more than others, and they display these things on papers for others to look through in order to find out what those glorified things are.
Scrapbooks are an example of everyday writing because people create them to organize the memories that they captured on film. The pictures are captioned so that when friends and family look through the scrapbook, they can read the caption to find out what was happening at the time the picture was taken. This can revive memories for those who were there or paint a picture for those who were not. Zines are an example of everyday writing because the creator of a zine writes about whatever he or she wants while including pictures, drawings, or even materials that help bring the zine together. Usually a non-profit hobby, it is like a magazine that anybody can make using their imagination or factual information.
I like how Anna explained what a scrapbook was and how Katriel and Farrell classified it; having an understanding of what a scrapbook does is important for our discussion. People who make scrapbooks do glorify some things over others. To an outsider a picture or event would not be as important as the scrapbooker makes it. Scrapbooking and zining is a very personal and subjective form of writing.
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