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.
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Alina Socorro