if we cannot tell a story about what happened to us, nothing has happened to us.

all cultures have created stories to help us grapple with, and ultimately map, the chaos into which we are thrown at birth;

sometimes the answer to the question reveals something much deeper — a hidden truth that often makes for a great story. Bruce Springsteen once said in an interview: “Most people’s stage personas are created out of the flotsam and jetsam of their internal geography and they’re trying to create something that solves a series of very complex problems