Music and Memoir Themes
A Twist in an exercise in Sue William Silverman’s “Fearless Confessions”
I’m doing a prompted exercise on memoir writing as suggested in “Fearless Confessions — A Writers Guide To Memoir” by Sue William Silverman. While doing so, I’m listening to music as I will do if I’m not watching a baseball game or something else on TV. So while doing this, I’m coming up with a song story again. As each song changes, I use it to brainstorm themes for a memoir or memoirs.
I’ll give you a peek inside, after hitting shuffle, to 6 random songs I have on a playlist I made of more than 60 Songs. Let’s see how they prompt me to think of my possible memoir themes.
“I Am” — Train
This was the first one that got me thinking about the music and how it might pertain to possible memoir themes specific to me.
Am I the son I think I am?
Am I the father I think I am?
Am I the man I really want to be?
So am I better than I think I am? As some may already know, I’m not always the most confident in self-esteem. I’m often self-deprecating (or self-defecating, you decide).
Yet, If I was to do life all over again, I can’t see where I’d say things would be different. Also, why wouldn’t I want this to be the result at this point? I think…
