This work, starts having a presence, starts working together, I love the innocence, the expression of this kind of “bird”, it has a sad expression, and it makes it vulnerable.
Is this trying to represent my emotions, what story is behind here? if anything? or is it just a combination of objects made before put together? When should I stop and reflect if this is really what I want to represent? But what about when you don’t fell like saying anything and just make for the pleasure of making? But emotions can be understood from everyone. Is it okay to depict an emotion? what the hell am I talking about??!! anyway… time to breathe and move on.
I’ve found this info about why we use story telling and is very interesting. It is giving me a lot of thoughts, specially when it comes to start planning the video with the armature.
can I cry yet? Loads to do…!
Why is Storytelling an Effective Technique to Use?
Telling stories has long been recognized as an important part of healing, self-knowledge, and personal and spiritual vehicle for connecting us to other people and to God. . . . it is a means for understanding ourselves and our place in the world.
We conceive of our lives as a web of stories – a historical novel or a mini-series in the making.. . . . We tell stories in order to live. We use stories to construct meaning and communicate ourselves to another. Stories help us organize and make sense of the experiences of a life.
Stories are mighty, however, not only because we shape our lives through them but also because they have the power to unsettle the lives we have comfortably shaped by them.
Weaving together the human and the divine enables us to hear our own stories retold with clarity and new possibilities; our lives are transformed in the telling.
Stories have the potential to build authentic communities of shared meaning and values.
Myths: refers mostly to meditation and reconciliation. It performs the task of mediating irreducible opposites. Myths allow us to dream and believe in a future better than the present. E.g. Beauty and the Beast
Parable: Parabolic narratives show the seams and edges of the myths we fashion. Parables show the fault lines beneath the comfortable surfaces of the worlds we build for ourselves. Myths may give stability to our story, but parables are agents of change and sometimes disruption. Parables are often unsettling. They stop us from living in a dream world, call us to comfort the present, and deter us from trusting in any hope that does not face the hard reality of the present. E.g. “the meek shall inherit the earth.
Quotes from Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals by Herbert Anderson and Edward Foley
But why stories? Why not simply explain the difference between right and wrong to your children? Why not supply them with a list of dos and don’ts?
Such explanations are important but they fail to touch children on the level where it matters — the level of imagination. Imagination. The word comes from “image” — a mental picture. When a moral principle has the power to move us into action, it is often because it is backed up by a picture or image.Excerpts from Books That Build Character by William Kilpatrick and Gregory and Suzanee Wolfe
http://www.teachingvalues.com/whystorytelling.html
