Zine and Scrapbooking Journal

Zine Making and scrapbooking go hand in hand because they are both examples of a different kind of everyday writing. Both of these things take more time than the simple letter or grocery list, but they are consist with memories. Scrapbooks can have a lot of examples of everyday writing in them. People can put newspaper clippings, or invitations, or old letters, basically anything they want to distinguish that this text is part of their ‘identity’. A zine is also based on how you, as the artist/writer, want the book to look like. With both of these topics one is more personal than the other one but that doesn’t mean it is not everyday writing. The purpose of a scrapbook is more for ones self at the time, but also to be able to share it with those you care about in the future. Generally in the book it has items that have a memorable value or moment to it. I like to think of it as a ‘snapshot’ of an event in a persons life. Zines have more of an audience because the purpose of a zine. It is like a mini magazine based off what the author wants to write about. Both zines and scrapbooks also have a creative side to them. With scrapbooks they also have pictures, and a picture is worth a thousand words! They are also bot handmade but the purposes are different for each personal. Zines are more impersonal and scrapbooks are more personal. They are both examples of everyday writing because it still requires texts of writing but it has a creative side to it also.

-Caitlin Kleefeld