Redacting Rosslyn

Early in our Rosslyn adventure I struggled with how to share the story of our home and lifestyle reboot. As I mucked around, collecting and creating and curating content, I needed a temporary container until I could formulate a better plan. Rosslyn Redux was born. But it sprawled and grew unwieldy, so I met with book editors and agents to pick their brains. Dissatisfied with their advice (more marriage memoir than house/life rehab), I performed a live, one-man show instead. Because, why not?!?! I’d like to try that again. In the meantime I’m still exploring a project that eludes tidy explanation; still experimenting with unconventional, genre-bending storytelling; and still nurturing the sometimes flickering, sometimes flaring confidence that something meaningful and worthwhile will come of all this.

Although Redacting Rosslyn has evolved into a fourth theme, it’s really more of a meta look at our early choice to DIY this home rehab project, my subsequent choice to DIY this storytelling project, and all of the other bizarre developments that have fallen into place since I became as obsessed with how and why to tell a story in this digital age. It’s worth noting that the flavor profile for Redacting Rosslyn differs notably from Wanderlust to Houselust, Archeology of Home, Rehab Ad Infinitum, and Houselust to Wonderlust. It leans more toward indie authors and artists, makers, and the sort of independent (and inevitably stubborn) DIYers who’d rather figure things out for themselves. Think of it as an afterward that so far has evaded completion…