— Archive for the ‘Collective Storytelling’ Category —
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Collective Storytelling: Two Blocks, Two Hours
Stories are informed by our senses. We create stories by re-imagining a narrative from sights, sounds, images, words, and smells. These stories are imaginary, real, or a combination of both. What was so compelling and transformative about our visit to the Tenement Museum was the palpable sense of history. One [...]
March 18th, 2012
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Collective Storytelling: Tenement Museum
This was my second visit to the Tenement Museum. I went for the first time about five or six years ago. I barely remember the tour; save for the theatricality of the guide. I recall him being quite animated and enthusiastic which really stood out for me given the more [...]
February 26th, 2012
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Collecive Storytelling: Hourly Comics
I purposefully chose Saturday to do the hourly comic exercise. I had plans beyond going to school. It seemed so promising. What I hadn’t anticipated were the variety of conditions in which I would have to draw. I didn’t have a problem in the morning at brunch – but I [...]
February 8th, 2012
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Collective Storytelling: The Recovered Bag (In Other Forms)
400 words or less: I could hear his fingers jostling the loose change in his pocket. Rotating the coins around in no particular rhythm. I didn’t think much of it, really. I probably thought it was annoying. In the same way I find people that chew gum with their mouths [...]
February 1st, 2012
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Collective Storytelling: The Recovered Bag
Why I want to be in this class: I’d like to explore more deeply narrative form and its various permutations, how it functions within our lives – as a (the??) structure or lens to understand the world, to interact, participate, relate to others. There are many ways to play around [...]
February 1st, 2012
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