The Art of MisdirectionA skilled magician is a usually a master of misdirection. While keeping the audience’s attention focused on something that seems important but isn’t, the magician…
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Dancing Through the Pain, Part IILast week, in the first part of this interview with former professional ballet dancer, Jane Haugh, we discussed what can make a person willing to…
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On Stories, Narrative and StorytellingThis again is from Bruce Jackson’s wonderful The Story is True: The Art and Meaning of Telling Stories, and speaks to our human urge to…
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Stories with Eleanor, Part 2Last week I had coffee with my friend, Eleanor Stanton, the associate pastor at the Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church in Saratoga Springs. We talked…
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This Is Your Brain on StoriesI’ve offered a lot of traditional stories on Lion’s Whiskers over the last several months. How many of you are telling them to your kids?…
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A few quotations on the power of storiesWhether you tell traditional stories, share your childhood escapades with your kids, narrate the day’s events or make up stories on the spot – grab…
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The Sea of Stories“Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story, that each coloured strand represented and contained a single tale. Different parts of the Ocean contained…
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The Rule of Threes“Third time’s the charm,” goes the saying. This, in a nutshell, is the Rule of Threes, an almost universal pattern in storytelling. Three wishes, three…
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On a Journey“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.” – Leo Tolstoy Lisa and…
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The Children’s RoomFor the most part, if you want to find fairy tales and folk tales and myths and legends, if you want to use enchantment, you…
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