Stories are a projection of human language. A way of conveying information – and doing so memorably. As a result, the benchmark of my success as a storyteller will be whether or not you learn something and to what extent you remember it. Enjoy.
Words, sound, an image are the key components to conveying any information. As a result, when writing, I committed to using the lyrical essay format. A method of telling a story that stresses the importance of consonance, sentence structure, and an image to truly tell a story. Enjoy below as you experience the feeling of someone whose voice is betrayed. Experience it naturally, but transport yourself into the mind of the narrator.
Unyielding to the man in power with which you barter, you are tested.
His words whip at your face like droplets of rain, but they do not move you.
You are a saleswoman.
The deal is closed, your boss will be pleased.
Amongst the stinging rain you stand contrast to a storm.
The storm.
He was pleased.
You were told you would meet the regional manager.
You were told you were good at your job.
Your job.
Swirling particles,
You talked over dinner. You talked about a thousand things.
Not your work. Sooner silence.
The storm is now below, spiraling to descent.
Go to his room? To talk about work? Not your work.
Sooner silence.
Monotone hues, highlighted by a spec of color.
Advance at any cost, even if that cost is unequal, even at the expense of his price.
Its eye envelops you, helpless,
No.
Comfortably.
Raging, swirling, dark,
destroying.
Blue and grey, it is starved.
A tiny voice.
Your job.
It did not matter.
Relentless like the storm that once again blots your voice.
Rational. Traditional.
A tiny voice,
in the eye
of a storm.
The deal is closed.
Not all stories are told in such an academic format, however. Some are expressed through song and art. Enjoy listening to me explore with music and symmetry as you listen to a song or watch my mandala shape a blank canvas.
All of that is well and good, but when you think story – when you think narrative – you think film. There is no way around it, video is the definitive story telling format. A picture speaks a thousand words, but what about 24 pictures a second for several minutes of run time? Now that is a story. In film we took this a step further writing a screenplay spanning over ten pages, a shot list, a schedule, a synopsis, a pitch, a trailer, and eventually a fully fledged short film. All in just a few months. Enjoy.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i_MqU2aEDe5GO-tWZn8rJay0iSE-UfuF/view
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vAiXCZ-ju23CnnEZn1ByCPwxxBGjjM9ZmLvfHNG_XEw/edit
Trailer coming soon.
Movie coming soon.
Learning from stories is undoubtedly successful, but if you want to improve your ability to learn then check out this research paper I wrote about cognitive training.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16D6k1KWXyaTw65flAzVH0LawC3U3IUM9IMQ099AaEdI/edit