
A Great Time for Personal Narrative

in such situations I think it’s less important what exactly you say, and more important that you’re there
Elif Batuman • A Great Time for Personal Narrative
through narrative, you can communicate things you don’t know that you know, to people who live in the future, who can understand things that you don’t know yet
Elif Batuman • A Great Time for Personal Narrative
storytelling is one of the most direct ways to transfer unconscious content into other people’s consciousness
Elif Batuman • A Great Time for Personal Narrative
This is the thing with personal narrative: it lets you raise questions (and possible answers) that you couldn’t frame with your rational mind.