Mike Marrotte
@sleepyplanet
Mike Marrotte
Some predictions for the coming years… 👀
Talk therapy declines: Hakomi, Somatic Experiencing, FBR and entheogen-assisted guided journeys will become the new default for addressing emotional debt + getting to the root cause of issues. 2x for couple’s coaching.
Nervous system clinics: we’ll... See more
Jonny Millersubstack.comThe climate crisis and the Anthropocene have made it clear that our old stories – often fixated on human heroes conquering nature or extracting resources – are inadequate. We need narratives that foreground entanglement: the interdependence of humans, non-human creatures, and the Earth itself.
Firewatch: Out now for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac, and Linux
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charitywater.orgMichael Filimowicz describes many such “anti-narratives” that push the boundaries – some becoming more like games or improvisational theatre, where narrative order is disrupted deliberatelymedium.com. These forms require more work (sometimes called ergodic literature, meaning the reader/player must exert effort to traverse the storymedium.com).
... See morePlutchik's Wheel of Emotions: Feelings Wheel
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Highly relevant to Sleepy Planet.
Dramaturgy Explained in 2 Minutes
youtube.comWhat if there was an AI dramaturge for real-time narrative experiences?
Sleepy Planet is an ambitious attempt to mirror ecological and psychological complexity in a narrative experience: likely featuring networked storylines, rich symbol systems, and user-participation that is more about being in a mythic environment than “winning” or completing a set plot. In spirit, it aligns with the movement toward storytelling as
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