by Doug Lipman Can you remember when you first made the connection between yourself and the word “storyteller”? Maybe you had been telling stories already – but hadn’t known there was such a profession? Maybe you saw a performer who called herself a storyteller? In any case, it was a magical moment. By considering that […]
New Ways To See Ourselves As Storytellers? Details »
by Sunwolf, Ph.D. At nightfall the cuckolded and damaged king ordered another maiden and her slave brought to his chambers and took his pleasure. As the night wore on the slave spoke，”Mistress if you are not sleepy tell us one of your lovely little tales to while away the night before I must bid you
Grief Tales: The Therapeutic Power of Folktales to Heal Bereavement and Loss Details »
A special opportunity for all NSN members Looking for a Master’s Degree in Communications and Storytelling Studies? NSN has an arrangement with East Tennessee State University (ETSU) to offer NSN members in-state tuition when attending classes in storytelling. This means if you live in Oregon, for example, you can now attend the summer institutes and
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Creating Original Ghost Stories with Cynthia Rintye How did I come to teach a workshop on ghost stories? Well, I certainly had no intention of becoming an expert on spooky tales or paranormal experiences. Then again, I had no intention of becoming the Queen of England, a professional Segway rider, or a teenage zombie trainer.
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By Bill Wight, NSN Board Chair It’s time for a little update, I think. Since I became chair of NSN at the end of July, I’ve written and spoken with many people about our plans for regaining a strong financial position. Today, I’m writing to put some “meat on the bones” of those plans –
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Stories and Science: Eco-Justice, Action & Hope Empower your mind. Empower your spirit. Empower your very soul. Did you miss attending Earth Up 2022? Don’t worry, for only $100 (current NSN members) or $150 (general public) you can gain access to the entire weekend full of workshops, master classes, panels, and performances. Session recordings will
December Story Lab: Annual Story Swap: “Paradox” This year SIO Members came together to share warm stories about people showing empathy and connection despite still experiencing required physical distancing. Paradox, also puzzle, anomaly, riddle:noun a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality, expresses a possible truth. a self-contradictory and false proposition.
December 2021 – Annual Story Swap: “Paradox” Details »
DIVING IN THE MOON: HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING The Story is Oblique © Donna Jacobs Sife “It’s no coincidence that just at this point in our insight into our mysteriousness as human beings struggling towards compassion, we are also moving into an awakened interest in the language of myth and fairy tale. The language of
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By Christopher Maier, M .A. People are starving for something that was meant to pass between them but is not presently passing. Call it a vibration if you like, or attention, or love. —Jacob Needleman I was in a university theater, and a man on a bare stage was telling stories. I was weeping quietly
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The Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling supports a model storytelling project that is service-oriented, based in a community or organization, and to some extent replicable in other places and situations. We are confident that the four projects above will inspire excellence in applied storytelling work and communicate to new audiences the humanitarian possibilities of storytelling.
2010-11 Recipients Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling Details »
