See a photo of Caryn, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A.
Q&A with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Question 2:
Q: The storytelling movement seems to be growing explosively. Why now? What is it about this moment in human history and culture that makes storytelling so resonant with so many people right now?
A: Listening to, creating, telling and exploring stories help us better
understand the story we’re living, and how accurately that story meshes with our callings: who we’re born to be and what we’re born to do. At a time when our overall cultural stories don’t serve us in so many ways, it becomes even
more important to reclaim what we’re living and why we’re alive. To be more
specific, we’re living in a time of unsurpassed environmental destruction,
unpredictable economics, huge divides between those who have and those who
don’t, and all kinds of mysterious and not-so-mysterious dangers (such as
the explosive growth of cancers and auto-immune diseases that can change and
destroy lives). All of this creates a greater need to reclaim our own
stories — to strip away the cultural stories that don’t work anymore or
never did, to create stories that bring us home to ourselves and to what
truly matters.