“Beautiful experience allowing you to dive inwards and pull up what allows us to truly grow…” ~J.V., New York About a decade ago, I had what I like to call my early early pre-pre-pre-mid-life crisis. (There have been a few others since.) Endless loops of thought. “Is this what I should be doing? Is this …Read More
Category: Storytelling
Florida Storytelling Festival ~ Jan 23 – 26, 2020
“What story are you going to tell?” That simple question prodded me forward onto stage. My friend did not ask, “Are you going to tell a story?” She had heard all my stories. She believed that others should hear me too. She could not fathom why I would not just get up there. Inside, my …Read More
Livestream – National Storytelling Festival, Oct 4, 2019
One person on stage underneath a white tent telling a story. The largest of tents holding more than a thousand in the audience. Tense moments of silence shifting into roaring laughter, then moving into the depths of emotion. The National Storytelling Festival invites the top Storytellers in the country for a weekend of storytelling. Can’t …Read More
Imagine a World Without Story ~ Carmen Deedy
“It is not that we will one day not know how to tell a story, but that one day we will no longer know how to listen to a story.” ~ Carmen Deedy The places where stories get told—person to person, human to human—are disappearing. Family dinners where stories are told at the end of …Read More
Embrace the Other ~ Storyteller Jan Blake
“The most important thing that I have discovered is that as a storyteller, my role is, fundamentally, to embrace the other.” ~ Jan Blake When the magical words “Once upon a time” are uttered, our minds open to the possibilities of seeing ourselves mirrored in the story. We see our dreams captured in the hero. …Read More
“It’s in your hands”
The young boy thought himself clever. I’ll trick the monk this time, he thought to himself. That monk thinks he knows everything. Always telling us what we should do. The young boy sat along the path with his friends waiting for the monk. When the monk arrived, the boy said, “You know everything, so tell …Read More
Rediscovering Play ~ Come play with us
Can you come out and play? Just show up at the Retreat Center of Hope Springs Institute, and let yourself be nurtured. Everything is included so you can relax – beautiful lodging surrounded by nature, gourmet meals, plenty of fun, and a Kindred Spirits Community. Rejuvenate with activities that stimulate creative expression in a community …Read More
Secret of Storytelling to Kids (and Adults)
“A person’s a person no matter how small.” ~ Dr. Seuss If there is anyone that speaks the language of children, it is Dr. Seuss. With stories like Green Eggs and Ham, the rhythm and cadence, the visual imagery, the silliness … everything also speaks to adults. Andy Offutt Irwin, a master storyteller, comedian, and …Read More
Two Wolves – Alternate Ending
Two Wolves An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil—he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He …Read More
#29: Freedom Schools (Jim Gregory)
“That’s not going to happen, it hurt too much just to tell this one, I would never be able to tell the rest of the story.” Jim Gregory began to unravel his painful stories with the support of the oral Storytelling community, and he did manage to tell the rest of the story. As a …Read More