Storytelling from the Scotish Storytelling Centre
This morning on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, Rob Gifford had a great story about stories -- or at least storytelling. It caught my ears' attention.
Kathleen McCarren, who was attending a performance of a storyteller appearing at the Centre, remarked, "We've become so clever and so sophisticated with technology that we've almost taken entertainment as far as we can with computers and special effects. And, there's nothing left to invent so we're going back to the original art form -- the original mass entertainment form which was storytelling."
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JohnHello and welcome to StoryWorks. I'm John and this is my little corner of the Web.
In "East of Eden", John Steinbeck wrote, "If the story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule -- a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last."
I think that Steinbeck guy was onto something. That's why I'm sharing these stories.
Through words, images and sounds, these storytellers, storyworkers if you will, caught my attention. In some cases they captured my imagination.
Let me know if their stories resonate with you, too. I hope so.
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