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Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Author : Christina Baldwin
Genre : Inspirational, Nonfiction
I attended a workshop taught by Christina Baldwin on Whitbey Island off the coast of Washington and it forever changed my view of storytelling. I was exploring a transition from full-time work into some kind of reinvention of myself. Time and space to explore my story in the safety of beauty, Â delicious meals, and delightful company was healing. Storytelling is important skill for each of us to develop because each of our stories are important and unique. Some come by this ability naturally; others, like me, have to work at it.
In this powerful book, Christina Baldwin, one of the visionaries who started the personal writing movement, explores the vital necessity of re-creating a sacred common ground for each other’s stories.
Even so, story is the heart of language. Story moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change the whole course of our lives. Story can lift us beyond our individual borders to imagine the realities of other people, times, and places. Storytelling — both oral tradition and written word — is the foundation of being human.
“This book explores three premises about story: 1. How we make our experience into story determines how we live our personal live. 2. What we emphasize and retell in our collective story determines whether we quarrel or collaborate in our community. 3. What we preserve in larger human story determines what we believe is possible in the world.”
“Something is happening in the power and practice of story. In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is callings to remember our true selves. Something is happening in these stories and in this book and in our lives. It is the time of the Storycatcher. It is the time when those to understand the value of story and practice the art of connection have an essential role to play. Storycatchers come whenever we are in crisis to remind us who we are.”
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