Response to Nicole Kloorfain's Blog #5

I really connected with Nicole's blog post this week because just like her photography I express myself through scrap books. Art helps to tell a story that sometimes you can not express in words. This also ties into the quilts that the women from Mexico made to tell the stories of their journeys crossing the border. Art is a form of self expression. I agree with Nicole that they poured their energies and frustrations into their quilts. Crossing the border was a struggle for them and the express their pain and hardships in their quilts. When I make my scrap books it is a way for me express my feelings and stories and memories that i want to keep with me forever. For me scrap booking is a positive experience but for the Mexican immigrants this art work is of terrible memories that they would not want to relive.