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As long as we look out at each other only through the masks of our composure, we are looking through hard eyes. But as the masks drop and we see the suffering and courage and brokenness and deeper dignity underneath, we truly start to respect each other as fellow human beings. ~ F. Scott Peck, [Continue reading No longer strangers, no longer afraid] Computer graphics are so sophisticated these days it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fake. These two videos are clearly in the latter category. No one watching them would believe a squirrel can play hacky sack or a penguin become a table tennis whiz. The ads are no less fun for that. Both tell stories. [Continue reading Our power to manipulate stories] I’m noticing the different ways people are choosing to tell the story of the oil spill. There are no edges to the disaster. Even the beginning has spiky fingers. How do we deal with oil-soaked birds, dying turtles, the shattered lives? Here are eight of the stories people have created to make sense of the senseless. [Continue reading Narrating the Gulf oil spill] It’s been two decades since I copied the quotation below from Jim Nollman’s book, Spiritual Ecology. At the time I wrote it down, I substituted “storyteller” for “artist”. I was prompted by the question so many children asked when I told stories in schools, “Is that true?” I finally settled on this answer: “All [Continue reading Storytelling and science] It might seem a stretch to include this video in the Story Route blog, but it seems to me this is the kind of story that can completely upend stereotypes and spur creation of a new story. Things have changed a great deal since I picked up a skipping rope and began jumping away. That was [Continue reading Overturning stereotypes with a new story] Those of us immersed in storytelling believe, at a gut level, that if we want to change something, we have to change the stories we tell about it. Take climate change, for example. If we dismiss concerns as paranoia, we find support in stories that discount the science. Climate Change Skeptic is a good [Continue reading Narrating the way to a new future] Artist Isa D’Arleans is originally from France but has made her home in Seattle for many years. I met her when visiting a friend there. She is vivacious, talented, and a deep pool of thought. Recently, she started a blog, Live In Colors that explores what it means to be fully alive. She is also [Continue reading What color/colour are your stories?] Having moved so many times in my adult life, I’ve rarely had the chance to really connect with “my” doctors. Some make it easier than others. They are the ones who know how to listen, who want to know the context of whatever symptoms walk through the door. They want to know my story. A doctor [Continue reading Hey, Doc, I’m a story, not just a symptom] It isn’t every day a storyteller is featured on Good Morning America, but that’s where Northern Ireland’s Liz Weir found herself in July 2009. When I watched the clip and read the accompanying article, I traveled back to my first meeting with one of Ireland’s premier storytellers and a woman whose friendship is a jewel [Continue reading Storyteller in the news] Stories matter. They matter so much we will cling to them even when they are no longer working, even when they are contrary to the evidence of our own eyes. I’m thinking of a story, of course. In this case, it’s the story of two neighbours. The location is Rochester, New York. The time is the [Continue reading Same street, different story] |
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