In Yearbook #2, Alysia Abbott talks about her memoir Fairyland, a storytelling and community project for children of parents who died of AIDS, and how upsetting is can be to pour through old journals.
...editing a collage can be like editing a poem or a story. The act of taking things out will often make a piece breathe easier and come to life with a simpler beauty.
I often buy random photographs in thrift stores and vintage shops when I'm drawn to something in them—an awkward smile, a twinkle in the eye, a revealing hint of uncertainty.