I absolutely love photo albums and their purpose. I am a big picture taker, especially when on trips or during important events, or sometimes just for fun. I am just like my mother and grandmother in this sense. They both have always been the ones saying "Hold on, I need a picture of this!". My boyfriend teases me and says that I am obsessed with pictures however, I look at it differently. Photo albums are a way to look back on your past. For my family, they hold things like parties, events, precious family moments, graduations and important markers in our lives. It is like looking at a visual timeline with specific details. Pictures help you capture special moments, so why not put them on display to share with others and for you to look back on your own history. Looking at the photo albums that I own, I see remnants of happy times, I see my favorite childhood memories laid out before me, and many faces I haven't seen in a long time. Seeing pictures certain pictures gives me mixed reactions; whether I feel sad, happy, or regretful. Every picture brings back so many memories, like they say, "A picture is worth 1,000 words". When I see pictures of birthday parties and family functions it makes me so happy, remembering all the great times we've have together and it reminds me of how much I love and cherish my family and friends. I find myself feeling sad when I see pictures of old friends, one's that I haven't seen in a long time, or do not have anymore. However, changes in friends and in life always reminds me of how I've grown and changed over the years. Photo albums are a way for me to remember my life through stages and its a way of entertainment for me. Looking back on pictures makes you feel like you are really back in that moment and that is what makes photo albums very cool.
Again, you set up something you don't quite follow through on. You talk about events, people, memories, but you do not give us even one example, one description of a particular picture. You give us generic party and function pictures, and then you tell us about how you feel about them without making them less generic by describing what we'd see if we saw your album, so there's a serious disconnect between reader and writer.
ReplyDeleteDescribing what's right in front of your nose is not easy, even though it sounds like it should be, and it's something you have to come to grips with.
Would you like me to revise this one and add to it as well?
ReplyDeleteI'll always say 'rewrite' if I want one.
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