Coming soon

I’ve spent much of my life doing things for the reward. School, work, praise. I’ve never really allowed myself to take a big swing at something I really wanted to do without weighing the usefulness or worrying about whether or not it will suck. In a weird way, being around so many talented and creative people for so long made me scared to try rather than inspired to do something of my own. It’s taken me decades to realize I’m not going to get better at anything creative without practice and a willingness to make mistakes and learn.

So with that spirit, I’m going to be working on a book idea I’ve had for the past few years and posting sections of it in earnest here. All works in progress. All me setting aside the notions that what I want to do has been done better than I’ll be able to. Me just saying I’m going to contribute to the conversation and hoping at the very least, taking stock of my life and listening habits will amount to something for me personally.

For years, I have collected my favorite songs on playlists (once CD-Rs) as a means to revisit the feelings and events of each year. Music and movies have always helped me keep dates and events straight. Music has only become an even more important way for me to process the past and present. Even before my life experiences caught up with the subjects in the songs, as was the case with movies, songs taught me empathy and perspective taking that has been valuable. It’s also made me act snobby and dismissive, but I’ll get into that at some point, too, I imagine.

This was my most recent stab at doing some writing just for me. I might be building on or revisiting some of these, too.

I sincerely hope you will join me on this adventure.