I just finished a project on Facebook called the "30 day song challenge". I was given 30 distinct (sometimes the categories were mirror opposites of one another), and my task was to go onto YouTube and find a song that fit that category; then post the video on my Facebook wall. It didn't take to long for me to realize that what I was really doing was creating a musical legacy of , myself. For example, Day 15 asks for "a song that describes you": the lyrics of the 2nd verse of Steve Goodman's "The City of New Orleans": "mothers with their babes asleep, are rockin' to the gentle beat, and the rhythm of the rails are all they feel." That's me, and that's my mom!
The 30 days' worth of music have certainly painted a picture of my values, my fantasies (air guitar-ing to Boston's "Peace of Mind), and my memories. The end result can certainly be described as part of my legacy to my children, grand-children, etc. We build our legacies, we make memories every day, and when it is time for us to grieve the death of someone we love, we do remember.
