Browse Exhibits (2 total)
Instagram as Reflection: Janet Martinez's Poems
This exhibit displays a series of Instagram posts created by Janet Martinez. Although she has been writing handwritten poems since she was a child, she uses Instagram primarily to store, share, and save her content. Some of her work has been created and posted from her notes, others were placed into an app to create graphics with the text, and some have been pictures of other materials and texts that she's connected with. As a child, Janet was fascinated with nursery rhymes and believes it has been a foundation for her love of poetry. She loved the combination of music, rhythm, and rhyme. eventually found herself creating music and poems on her own.
After reading through her work, I will analyze the way that everyday writing acts as a form of sense-making and reflection with her topics of identity, culture, and relationships. This exhibit also celebrates the creative freedom that comes with social media and everyday writing.
Travel Logs: A Practice of Reflection
Travel logs are written reflections of travel experiences. Each author chooses to focus on different aspects of travel – the food or the people, the lessons or challenges. They also make choices about when and how they reflect on their travel. Some keep daily logs and others choose to reflect weeks, months, or even years after their trips. This collection, which features one handwritten travel log and two digital social media logs, demonstrates the existence of travel logs in various modes and mediums. Each log and platform engages memory in different ways, some immediate and some reflective in nature. Similarly, their awareness of audience differs significantly and impacts the information recorded and the style used.