Jim James Announces Memoir One Wonders

Hello, friends! I am releasing a memoir!Why? Why write this book? Why now?As I’ve made good progress in therapy over the last five or six years, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on finding my voice- both as a singer, songwriter and musician, and as a person wandering the earth wondering…what do I really want to SAY with my life overall?As I reflect on my own musical journey (from first learning to play the guitar to creating music in the present day) and navigating the complexities of life in general, I have been thinking a lot about my elders. For so many of them, tradition was to never speak about yourself. You carried your victories and failures, your joys and horrors, quietly.A thought kept making its way into my mind: wouldn’t things be lighter for all of us if we shared more with other people?I feel like it’s our generation’s job to tear down those walls and share our triumphs and horrors.When we do, we’ll find that we’re all walking around with the same things inside of us, the good and the bad.It helps so much when we can find a way to let them out together, so that we can all begin to move toward a more peaceful and love-centered existence.As if it WANTED this to happen...