Everyday Writing

If I were to have a museum of Everyday Writing, I think the biggest focus would be on examples of Everyday Writing that relate to love. My museum would begin with love letters that are most likely the product of what was exchanged through younger kids in elementary and middle school. Next it would progress to a more serious type of letter that could have been written by someone a bit older, and the letters would contain a more mature feel. The next area in my museum would contain breakup letters: this would include dramatic, shorter letters that explain why he/she is breaking up with him/her, and other letters that are long detailed accounts of why they cannot be together any more. To end the love fest, I would include more happy letters, such as a cute note written from one spouse to another.

While the majority of the museum would be dedicated to love letters (because I find them the most interesting), I would also include exhibits which showcase to-lists, journals/diaries, and graffiti, because those are the forms of everyday writing which I find to be the most interesting. I would probably only have one large room filled with many examples of these kinds of everyday writing. I would want the room to be set up like how the radio station had tons of papers plastered all over the walls, and just showcase all the different things people write on sticky notes, scraps of paper, and other places that they think are private.