Part 1. We have a living photo frame at home - a old picture frame re-purposed with some wires and clips to hold standard size (4x6, 5x7) printed photos. It changes every few months and suits the time of year or mood.
Part 2.
mem·oir
/ˈmemˌwär/
noun
- 1.a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources."in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband"
- 2.an essay on a learned subject."an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea"
Who has time to write a book? Maybe when I retire, I would contemplate writing my memoir. Maybe if I was to give up my good-paying job and write a book about getting the most out of life, or some bullshit title like that. But seriously, who has time to write a book. Maybe I can cheat.
I think I have some insights about life, about sports, about technology and how movies, TV and music colour my life (reviews?).
A few times a year I consider the possibility of writing a book (or starting to), but struggled with the potential structure. What if the structure could incorporate blog posts, tweets and shared social media opinions into the narrative. A quick compartmentalization would group content into my thoughts on:
- What makes us happy
- Sports
- Why pay attention to the news and politics
- Beauty and art
- Memories
- Family
- friends
- Drama and story
- Technology
- Work
- Travel
Creating these boxes to organize my thoughts, ideas and impressions is a simple but important step. Whatever is on the list defines us, reveals what’s most important to us and frames our personal life story.
Some of these ideas came shortly after the death of my work friend's wife and sadly, how fast her life ended - which triggered something many have thought about before - what do I want to leave behind?
It’s not what happened when, or a log of personal activities. It’s more a reflection, a personal retrospective and dare I say, the meaning of (my) life.
So what about putting a living memoir onto this blog platform?
There is a problem however with a living, ever-changing book - how does the reader know when they are done? How do they keep track of what they've already read and then piece it all together to make sense of it all? Coloured hypertext links may help, but some "bread crumb" mapping is needed to compliment this new form of storytelling.
I think I'm going to try and group common theme content from this blog and other channels as links, excerpts or maybe summaries, but add reflection of what all this means, now. Let's give it a try...
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