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Jan 21, 2017
"I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom." --Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Where Will All the Stories Go?
It is a simple question that P.L. Travers asks Laurens Van Der Post, the writer, soldier, and explorer who has written widely of his home country of Africa: "Where will all the stories go?" But it is not an easy answer. In a winding conversation that touches on Tolkein and the origins of mythology, Travers and Van Der Post explore what role stories play in a modern world where technology and entertainment have in many ways replaced our own histories.
BE THE CHANGE
Call up an elder in your life and ask them to tell you a story from their childhood. Listen with full presence and see if you learned something you did not know about who they are.
