As I start the new year (2012) with the usual list of resolutions, getting back to writing regularly is near the top. It’s something I’d done for years and then let myself become sidetracked with the birth of my son, a hacked database and a myriad of other excuses. And I miss it just for the pure discipline and exercise of doing so. When I started this blog way back in 2003, it was under the name starbody (my username in many cyberspaces) and there was no goal other than my urge to write and that’s remained the same. The name starbody was taken from an excerpt from the Kerouac book The Dharma Bums, one of my favorite all time books and one that I return whenever I need to return myself to the sense of simplicity I crave. I’ve never had aspirations of readers (though I appreciate those that do read my writing!) and truly just like the idea of putting words out there. When I look back at the writing I’ve done PB (pre-boy) much of it was really centered around music, books and film. AB (after boy) I don’t have nearly as much time to follow record releases (yes, I said record), upcoming films and the like.
So, I thought I’d take a stab at trying to give myself a bit of focus in writing now. In my professional life (technology, digital marketing, advertising and the like), I crave a vision … an overarching theme to help focus things. And I suppose writing is no different for me these days. I work in technology and have for the last decade or so, yet I still struggle with being in love with everything digital and wanting to move to the country and become a luddite. I’m figuring out how to navigate (in the words of Wallace and Grommit) our “modern lifestyle” which translates into prying the iPad from my son’s hands and breaking the silence when everyone is on a small screen at the same time. I want to somehow find a balance between enjoying the small things in life (I’ve been known to make lists of enjoyable things to do for less than $5) and denying the evolution of a life spent online.
This blog is about my desire to enjoy the small things in life, to find a balance between technology and real relationships and experiences. It’s about a lifelong love of all things creative, specifically the creative process. And of course, it’s about seeing all of these things through the lens of raising one (and soon to be two) children with an uber fantastic husband in our snug little corner of the country.
