About a month ago I volunteered to tell a story for the 8th annual Storyteller’s Tellabration. It’s been a few years since I’ve tackled this kind of creative endeavor and I’m a little nervous. My genre of storytelling is a hybrid of personal memoir and ancient mythology. In the past I’ve delved into ancient gods/goddesses from different cultures and I’ve always learned something important. I’ve added some links below…
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“…….(on)Writing: shitty first drafts. Butt in chair. Just do it. You own everything that happened to you. You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart–your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. That is really all you have to offer us, and it’s why you were born Annie Lamott I’ve…
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SUNDAY, OCT 9, 2016 1:30 pm East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Civic Center Drive. NJ I’ve attended the Harper’s Escape weekend intensive maybe 6 times, and now that I’ve finally gotten the ‘hang’ of it, it’s ending. After 25 years Kathy, the director, and one of my most favorite teachers, is retiring this event. So sad. But, I do understand. The details above is for the final public…
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A few weeks ago while at the Grounds for Sculpture (GFS) with Storyteller’s Mosaic I told a story about Paris and seeing the Mona Lisa. It was a fun day for everyone. The weather was wonderful and the Grounds were a spectacular backdrop to the event. Truly, the GFS is NJ’s best kept secret. It’s fascinating to me what gets stirred up in the universe when we tell a story…..spiritually…
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What fun! Telling stories. Together. For an audience. I’ve learned so much telling my tales. It’s a process, like anything else. The wanting, the picking and choosing, the endless editing, the voice, the gestures, the eye-contact or lack thereof, the embellishments, the applause, it’s all part of a storyteller’s craft. Yes? It’s summertime here at the Jersey Shore and it’s time to lighten up a bit and laugh. I’m working…
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I am so happy to be a part of this group. Please join us on April 12 for our annual birthday show. Click here for flyer. I’m still “in process” of cobbling my story together. The ‘working’ title is “Tales from the East”. The blurb I submitted reads: Personal challenges take on deeper meanings when viewed from different perspectives. This telling will weave together a personal tale with an ancient story…
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Just opened an account @ soundcloud….they’ve really simplified all the uploading and downloading so amateur people like me can share some music……. So, here’s the tune The Factory Girl, at least part of it….. I tried to really slow it down and use very few notes so that you can feel the “bones of the song”. Story at 2pm. ……told under the auspices of a disseminating moon Om shanti. …
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……I’ve given myself some time & space to write/tell some about my dear Aunt Em. She is a sister to my mother, and also to Uncle Sam….he’s the one I storytold about at the Hamilton Grounds for Sculpture. Blog post here. What’s so interesting is that since I told that story in September new information has come to me that sheds more light on my connection to civil rights issues… …
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I’ve been practicing my story for Tellebration 2014 and excited to present it. I’ll be telling more about Dagda and adding a nice bit of harping to the telling. Dagda is the god of the bards and his lineage connects him to the fairy realm of Ireland. He’s a comical figure, visually, but still immensely powerful. His primary tool for the magic he weaves is his harp. Besides composing the…
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Well, I am simply filled to the brim with joy and gratitude for last weekend’s Harper’s Escape. It was fabulous and I promise to gift myself more harp events. Meanwhile, last week I also learned how to lightly edit an audio file and upload it to the internet. I know it’s no big deal anymore to do that, but for me this feels really cool! Uh oh…..I do see …
