One reason is that perfume is a new hobby for me, and one I really enjoy. I love trying new perfumes and I love writing about them, but most of my regular readers would be bored to tears by it. For me, though, thinking about and writing about perfume is like having a permanent writing prompt. Perfume is hard to put words to; learning the vocabulary required to describe smell is like learning a foreign language. I like the challenge and that the world of perfume presents, literally, more possible prompts that I have money or time for. And given that right now, law school continues to suck all the creativity out of my daily life, having something bto write to/against is really hope inspiring.
The other reason I split off from my regular journal is that I intend this blog to be an open writing experiment, one that I invite public readership of. The other projects I have going are narrowly focused on their respective topics and my private journal has evolved over time to be something that just is not for public consumption. But writing, my writing,is something I want read, at least some of the time. I've been at it for so long, and I spent so much of my angsty teenage life keeping all of it private, but like a teenager, yearning to have it read. So now I have this medium and a create-your-own-forum, things that were not available when I was young, and I want it to be read.
Hence this blog. When I first saw Memory & Desire, I thought maybe I would merge my love of modern American poetry and perfume. But when I smell perfume, I hear music in my head. Pop music. Rock music. Indie music. Country music. All kinds of music, but still, music. So that's the crux of my blogging I think. Music and perfume. Okay, back to my law school finals.
I like American music.
Don't you like American music, baby?
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