Category Archives: Storytelling, Mindfulness, Peace Making, Engagement and Restorative Imagination
RECIPE to increase the HUNGER of the Heart
“There are two kinds of hunger. The hunger of the belly and the hunger of the heart. The hunger of the heart is more important.” Xsan The son of a King desired to build a banquet hall from the oldest … Continue reading
THE UNCANNY TECHNOLOGY OF TELLING A STORY
The uncanny technology of a Living Story (published in Storytelling Magazine as part of a conversation about digital storytelling.)  by Laura Simms Storytelling has become a word used to refer to or describe  different kinds of narratives or … Continue reading
A SECRET ISLAND OF SURPRISE inside the inner story
(this is based on an excerpt from my new book – in process -Â Â Â GIRL IN THE SKY -Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â to be published by Sentient Books) I was telling stories to a group of children in a private school in … Continue reading
THE WISDOM OF (NOT) SPEAKING
Knowing when to speak and when not to speak is a practice of patience and loving kindness to oneself and others. Here is a tale based on a West African story from Nigeria… I have always loved this tale since … Continue reading
A HARVEST OF SORROW – The storyteller as healer
The Journey of the Healer as Teller of Tales is complex: As a storyteller I have learned that to tell a story and lead others through it with a depth of intimacy and distance (simoultaneously) I need to have lived … Continue reading
The Story’s Revelation: Filling space with joy
Rummaging through old journals I find stories.  This Ethiopian tale was tucked into a group of stories I found doing research for a program last year. I never wrote down the source. For that I apologize. But it exemplifies … Continue reading
Fieldnote #1 Telling Young Children
This is the first post of a special series, STORYTELLER IN THE FIELD, exploring the actual telling of stories. Storytelling in Hoboken, New Jersey at an exceptional community program called HOPES. (Please visit their website [http://www.hopes.org/Youth-Services.html] to regain faith in … Continue reading
THE TIME OF MELTING ICEBERGS
THE TIME OF MISSING PLANES. Can something so large disappear from radar screens? We have measured and documented the world. Still there is a space of mystery and unforeseen consequences. Territories not recognized. It reminds me that when a wind … Continue reading
THE SPACE BETWEEN IS WHERE PEACE HAPPENS
ASSUMPTIONS create havoc. They destroy relationships. They ignore the space between speaking and hearing , where everything travels and is alive with energy and feeling. Inquiry before accusation opens territory for dialogue and deeper relationships. It is a pause button … Continue reading
Another Kind of Presence
AFTERMATH:Â The Sorrow of Violence The sorrow of violence seems always to exist side by side with the tenderness of care and generosity. It is as if the harsh sudden reality of atrocity breaks open our innate compassion that gets … Continue reading
