So in the back of my mind I've been thinking of ways to get back into blogging. And just writing and journaling in general. I finally found my way back into journaling but I still had this blog, which I never update. Yesterday, the glorious Leap Day fairy slid a bit of inspiration in my ears and now I know what I must do.
Scaling down the drama a bit, I'm going to write about music. More specifically songs. More specifically songs that are significant to me. And knowing that this blog will be solely frequented by my closest friends it might mainly turn into occasional love letters to those people dearest to my heart through the vehicle of our mutual admiration of lyric, tone, and harmonious instrumentality.
Today's post is just to set down the foundation. To inform and think through what I want this to be. Every four days for the next four years (until the next Leap Year) I will do my best to post on a song of instinctual and intuitive significance to me, my life, my experiences. They will be songs that I love, songs that I listen to frequently, songs that produce in me a kind of envy because someone beat me to artfully articulating a feeling or thought, mood or desire, question or dream.
What I would love to do, but might not be able to do for all songs, is go through time with the chosen song: past, present, future. I want to talk about the song historically, as in the song's own history and the song within the context of my life. Specifics of the song as well as the first time I heard the song, how I was introduced to it. I want to talk about my relationship and connection to the song. Why it's so special to me. And since I like to organize and categorize things. So each song will get dropped into "playlists" that coincide with significant events: Funeral (I'm not going to pretend like I don't have a plan for that), Wedding Reception (or that), Dance, Roadtripping, Love Songs, Heartache, Melancholy, BFF Songs etc.
I'm excited about this. Mostly this is just a way to keep myself writing. And maybe it's too lofty a goal... maybe I won't follow through but... I'm hopeful.
Next 15 Posts: I'm going to start with songs on my most frequently played playlist, songs I listen to to keep myself swimming.
1 comment:
This is my first visit to your blog and I love how authentically you your blogging voice is (not that I would expect anything less) :) I am looking forward to reading past entries and new entries as well!
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