Scrapbooks and Zines

Scrapbooking takes everyday writing to a new level. Katriel and Farrell explain that the moments in the scrapbook are not just everyday but life moments that one wants to remember. The moments are ones to be commemorated and remembered. Memory seems to be a common feature in everyday writing in that people make text to remind themselves of something. Also, the text explains that scrapbooks, like diaries, are meant for self-consumption in that most people do not make scrapbooks for others but for themselves. Katriel and Farrell explain that the scrapbook doesn’t hold deep text like a diary but a “skeletal text” in that it outlines the memory and uses graphic devices to signify the memory. Like Scrapbooks, Zines are typically handmade. They are more like a diy magazine made for oneself also. The thing about zines though is that the visual aspect is more important. A zine should be clean cut and properly photocopied. But the zine is mostly meant for personal use also. With a scrapbook you can design it however you would like but a zine is supposed to be made following a specific format. Zines can be carried around to gigs and fairs if they needed to be displayed. Zines are not everyday writing, they are too formal and too much thought is put into the making and the reason why theyre made does not follow everyday writing. Scrapbooks do follow everyday writing and are considered everyday writing.

Danielle Moore