Frequently Asked Questions

It’s a multimedia musical memoir — part book, part mixtape, part constellation of memory. Think of it as stories pixelated through sound, image, and nostalgia — a place where music and memory echo together. Imagine getting to know a new friend through her mixtape of memories, each story another piece of a constellation slowly taking shape, like sitting together in a fireside chat beneath the stars.

Echolalia is when words or sounds repeat — like echoes that return without being invited. Musical echolalia is how songs and lyrics loop in memory, shaping how we feel and remember. It’s the heartbeat of this project.

It’s all three, and none at once. Searching for Stars is a living memoir told in fragments — part website, part audio archive, part retro dream. Imagine a mixtape that keeps unfolding into chapters.

For readers. For music lovers. Nostalgia chasers. For kids of the 80s, 90s, and 2000s — and for anyone who’s ever pressed rewind on a memory. It’s for seekers of light in the dark, and for those who feel music deep within their soul.

It’s for the little girl inside me who dreamed of being a writer, who thought in music video formation and remembered in lyrics long before she had words to explain it. It’s for anyone who carries loops of sound and story in their mind and is still searching for ways to make sense of them. It’s for my children — the living record of my life and the love story their father and I have built — so they will always know who I was, and how they inspired me to finally share my voice.

The pixel art style was inspired by my kids’ love of old-school Nintendo and Sega games, a love my husband and I were proud to pass on to them. Because memory itself often feels pixelated — fragments, pieces, little glowing squares that come together into something whole. The visuals are a nod to the nostalgia of my youth: retro games, mixed CDs, VHS tapes… the texture of nostalgia.

Yes — the site weaves together audio narration, Spotify soundtracks, and pixel art. Each story has its own “soundtrack,” so you can hear the memory as you read it. You can also listen to the project in its entirety on Spotify, or hear the Searching for Stars soundtrack.

Anywhere. That’s the beauty. You can start with a favorite song, a letter, a movie memory — the project is a constellation, and you can enter from any star. Like getting to know a new friend it never happens in order — it comes in bursts, like shooting stars revealing their story one streak at a time.

That’s the dream. Searching for Stars is being built as a digital-first memoir, but its fragments are already shaping into a printed constellation. Someday, you’ll hold it in your hands like a mixtape for the soul.

Read, listen, share. Tell a friend who loves music, post your favorite piece, or just press play. Every echo helps keep the stars alive.

It was born from a lifelong love of music, memory, and storytelling — from mixtapes passed between friends, to songs that became soundtracks for entire chapters of my life. It’s both a personal archive and an invitation for others to remember alongside me.

Yes — it’s my story, but told through music, movies, and memory loops that connect to something bigger. While it’s personal, it’s also universal — because the songs that shaped me are the same songs that have carried so many others, too.