How do you become a storyteller?

A teller of stories, the person who everyone goes to in order to hear interesting details, get the nuance, "see" the story they missed. What do these people have in common? They are good communicators. Why is being a good communicator important? 








Interesting information on woman and storytelling. 

“communication is a symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired and transformed”         

(James W. Carey)

           













            Our stories help define our culture

          We know who we are by the stories we tell each other and the stories that we accept.    
          We judge people, places, events, EVERYTHING based on our self-definition. 

          Change in culture comes when we disregard the story.

      Culture as a Skyscraper:

High culture

Low culture

       Different media for each

But many people consume both.

Culture as a Map:

Culture is an ongoing, changing process.

Modern vs. postmodern values

                 "Culture...was becoming increasingly organized during the twentieth century. And the model for that organization was the hierarchical, bureaucratic corporation.”

— Jackson Lears, Historian

                                                          (He’s a Marxist)

Does popular culture cheapen public life?

Some who likes Beethoven also like American Idol.

Did The Munsters rip off Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?

TV sets in use for more than seven hours a day

More refined culture struggles to find an audience

Popular media may inhibit social progress by transforming us into cultural dupes.

We have been seduced by the promise of products

            (Marxism)

The “Big Mac” theory: We have lost our discriminating taste for finer fare.

What would make us disregard the story?

•           Something personal?
•           A change in media perhaps?

                      

        Get better friends

 What is the story that changed you?

There is no judgment here just a hard look at yourself and what you do. Remember, the unexamined life is not worth living. You can use Morning Pages to begin to figure this out. 


For Friday

Start reading the book War of Art and mark your favorite passages for discussion. This book will be the basis for your next assignment.