Writing itself can be ugly, bad, happy, reflective, it can be emotional and we use it in our

everyday lives to communicate and transcribe messages. Within the genre of writing, there is an
abundance of possibilities to explore, an infinite source of messages and ideas we can convey.
Through this collage I wanted to examine how people use writing in their everyday lives and the
mediums by which they create meaning and communicate. To demonstrate this idea I used a
variety of images of text messages, papers, notes, research papers, etc. I also included images
of people communicating and brain like pictures to show the complexity of the human mind and
our ability to create meaning out of our thoughts as an image of people communicating to
showcase the importance of effective message transfer.
After learning of writing as a rhetorical and contingent medium, I have come to realize that the
categories of good and bad writing fail to consider the diversity in writing and its purpose: to
communicate ideas and even create them! Writing for academic purposes will look differently
than everyday writing, but nevertheless its value does not change so long as it is effective in
use. We are taught there is a correct way of writing, how it looks and perhaps it is true for some
people but writing holds a truth for every person and it is a truth I personally refuse to categorize
as good or bad. Personally I consider writing to be different for everyone and in every instance.
With no meaning inherently given to a text, the reader is able to create their own interpretations
of meaning and therefore the effectiveness of a piece of writing lies in its ability to transfer the
message and ideas of the writer. My own writing is different depending on my intentions.
Sometimes it’s about copying, condensing knowledge, putting my thoughts together, letting my
thoughts loose. There’s an abundance of knowledge and meaning individuals can generate with
writing across all mediums and its effectiveness is dependent on more than the amount of
academic words we know.