Just read a fascinating and resonant (to me anyway) article by Frank A. Mills in the online Urban Paradoxes magazine (reprinted from the blog Flaneur). (Beware that some of the links in the article are a bit funky). In the article, “Quantum Storytelling: The New Way of Thinking,” Mills asserts … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling: Other
Just Some Nice Words about Story
I have no commentary about the following, no questions, no critique. I just like these words about story and storytelling from novelist Laini Taylor: Isn’t “story” a beautiful word? I think it likely that some day I will get it tattooed somewhere on my body. I like the idea of … Continue reading
Why Do You Want to Reunite with That Special Person? Tell Your Story
Pipl is a well-regarded “people search engine” that helps folks find other folks. A section of Pipl that collects stories asks users to “Tell us your story and explain why is it really important for you to reunite with the person you’re looking for.” Definitely an interesting idea, and the … Continue reading
One-Month-Till-World-Storytelling-Day Wordle
World Storytelling Day is a month from today — March 20. Although the day is a “global celebration of the art of oral storytelling,” I’d like to come up with some interactive way to celebrate here on A Storied Career. World Storytelling Day is celebrated every year on the spring … Continue reading
Social Bookmarking for Storytelling
Stephane Dangel has started a social-booking site (also called a “social-content network”) for storytelling, StoryBest, where fans and practitioners of storytelling can build a collection of interesting things we find on the web. Funny, that’s sort of how I think of the purpose of A Storied Career — except that … Continue reading
Pre-Valentine’s Day Wordle
This week’s word cloud/tag cloud from Wordle.net based on the content of A Storied Career:
Friday Wordle
Here’s this week’s word cloud/tag cloud from Wordle.net based on the content of A Storied Career:
America’s Story
Perhaps it is President Obama’s inauguration, Black History Month, and the fact that February brings us Presidents’ Day that puts me in a patriotic mood and receptive to Americana. I was thus charmed by a site, America’s Story, from the Library of Congress. The site was designed especially with young … Continue reading
“Bandwidth Exceeded” Wordle
I switched A Storied Career and three other blogs I maintain to a new host and server last year. Toward the end of 2008, I started getting e-mails around the end of every month that I was in danger of exceeding my bandwidth. This month it finally happened — earlier … Continue reading
Great Opportunity to Hear, Vote On Moth Stories
As a companion piece to today’s other entry about The Moth, here’s a terrific chance to hear some Moth stories and vote on the selections for the Audience Favorites Vol. 6 CD. The choices consist of the 51 stories featured on the Moth’s Mainstage in 2008. You can hear some … Continue reading