Introduction
- I started Life Trove (this online journal) in 2004 while living in Cambridge.
Purpose
For myself
- A curation of all that I treasure most.
- A gratitude journal celebrating my most cherished memories.
- A digital scrapbook I can look back on in my old age.
- A place to put my photos and see my photographic journey.
- An incentive to get out and take photos, add to my collection of memories.
- A celebration of wonder and beauty.
- A celebration of the sacredness and specialness of life.
- Inspire Wisdom Trove (html knowledge, multiple views, curating)
- A way to express love and gratitude.
- Connect to mum and Jo and close friends.
For others
- Inspire others to curate their lives.
- Raise consciousness of people who view it.
- Inspire others to embrace and appreciate life.
- Express love and gratitude to loved ones (letters, priceless moments)
- Give loved ones a window into me: openness, intimacy.
- A legacy for future generations.
- Open eyes to wonder and beauty and the joy of life.
Vision
- My entire life curated showing the life of a passionate liver, love of life and photographer.
- Looked back at by future generations as one of the first true examples of digital life curation.
- Life Trove regarded as a work of art.
- I live an inspiring life worth blogging about.
Guiding principles
- Gratitude, Celebration, Appreciation
- Enjoyment, Savouring
- Sacredness of life and the experience of life: a gift to appreciate and savour
- Wonder, Beauty
- Love, Connection, Expressing love
- Big picture
- Narrative
- Spiritual awakenings
Guiding quotes
- I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced. Jonathan Lethem
- Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- We do not remember days; we remember moments. Cesare Pavese
- Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine and kept for age to sip at ease beside the fire. If the traveler has vintaged well, he need trouble to wander no longer; the ruby moments glow in his glass at will. Freya Stark
- Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. Jean de Boufflers
- To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward. Margaret Fairless Barber
- A pleasure is not full grown until it is remembered. C.S. Lewis
- The years teach us much the days never knew. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age. Booth Tarkington
- Memory is the personal journalism of the soul. Richard Schickel
- I really think that anyone who’s fortunate enough to live to be over fifty years old should take some time, even if it’s just a couple of weekends, to sit down and write the story of your life, even if it’s only twenty pages, and even if it’s only for your children and grandchildren… You’ll be surprised what you find. Bill Clinton
- Your birth certificate says you were born. Your death certificate says you died. Your photographs say you lived.
- People will look at your life and think, My God, it’s magic. They’ll be right: You created that magic. James Arthur Ray
- Your blog is your unedited version of yourself. Lorelle
- According to research, looking through photo albums make you happier than chocolate, music or even your favourite TV show. Mark Goldstein
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