The Story of The Streets
‘story’ in the sense I mean it: a foundational narrative that shapes every aspect of our world. Everything we build, literally and metaphorically, from the physical infrastructure of our society to our institutions and all the products of culture, have their roots in the story and reflect its logic back to us. The story surrounds us on a daily basi
... See moreJon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
‘story’ in the sense I mean it: a foundational narrative that shapes every aspect of our world. Everything we build, literally and metaphorically, from the physical infrastructure of our society to our institutions and all the products of culture, have their roots in the story and reflect its logic back to us. The story surrounds us on a daily basi
... See moreJon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
Whether psychological, sexual or societal, each of our story definitions is built around the same principle: order is made out of chaos; sense is conferred on an overwhelming world.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
represented by the motif of the imaginary voyage, a journey that reworks and re-imagines the layout of the urban labyrinth and which records observations of the city streets as it passes through them.