story as connective tissue
Facts might live in our brains, but stories exist in our hearts.
Storytelling has the power to shape moral values, help us form deep connections, and reduce prejudice toward marginalized groups. So, when it comes to communicating the facts of the climate crisis, stories are a vital part of the... See more
instagram.comHumans are a story-telling species. The stories we tell ourselves and each other guide how we live in and relate to the world. They are the social technology through which we make sense of the world and give meaning to our lived experiences. Like the mycelium that runs below our feet, stories are everywhere, threading and reshaping our reality,... See more
Niels Devisscher • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown
“Do we tell stories, or do stories tell us?”
a closing note that is anything but subordinate via The Sublime
Because that's how an event becomes a memory. Story, told again and again, spit out and consumed and spit out again, sweeter and more full of the good stuff every time, not exactly what happened, but something better, sweet as honey.
or as regurgitated spit
Instead, we might see stories as:
“living entities that emerge from and move things in the world. Some of these stories are meant to exist for a long time, others expire early. Some stories are meant to remain as and where they are and to work only with a very select group of people; other stories are meant to travel the world, and to transform and to be transformed by other world-entities … Sometimes [these stories] will hide somewhere in your body, perhaps close to a song that already lives there, and wait for the right time to dance with you.”
The space between stories is an invitation to sit with mystery and the uncertainty it holds.
Niels Devisscher • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown
Story is about a decision that you made. It’s not about what happens to you. And if you hit that and you get your vulnerability and you understand the stakes, and a few other things, people will intuitively find great stories to tell, and as soon as they do, we know them. We know them as human beings.
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
... See moreA myth is a patch of soil where we can plant the best practices of a community: how to relate to each other and to our shared ecosystem. The type of mythmaking we are called to do now is probably somewhere closer to composting. We live in a culture that is remarkably good at abstracting itself from waste and off-loading it onto the marginalized
Sophie Strand