I want to talk about story telling. I have come to realize how much our lives are so entrenched with it. When we talk we are story telling, when we talk about the past, hopes for the future, everything. I can see the small undercurrent of story telling in almost everything we do.
Obviously books, movies, tv shows and even music are story telling. Understanding that everything on it's basic level is just a story being told can make a lot things come into perspective.
Every story has a time and place, and we choose when that is. I want to be told a scary story, a story that will make me feel good inside, one that will make me change my perspective on a subject, or one that just allows me to laugh. After all the dressings of marketers and different formats that they come in, they all just come down to a story. And I try to be critical of this, the most basic element of what it is.
I love story telling, this blog is my story to you. And what kind of story is this I wonder? I honestly don't know, it's the story of my mind I suppose, and can the mind be categorized into a simple story? Maybe...
I meant to write about books that I liked (I just finished 'Salems Lot) and what I love about good story tellers. I often wonder about other people's evolutions of taste. What is interesting is that in all the mediums of story telling, my taste has aligned with what I can only compare to like wrappings of stories.
And with so much thinking about the power of stories I can't help but think of the scriptures and their stories. And the story of this world, and of us as a people. It seems interesting that we can wrap everything up inside a story no matter how big it is. A lot of people reject truth because it isn't wrapped up in a story that they can accept, or live their lives according to the roll they feel they have in the story of life. I am guilty of both I know.
Story telling is who we are and what we do. I think it is important to recognize when it is good, bad, or just poorly wrapped.
-A
