Our culture does not think #storytelling is sacred, We don’t hold anything sacred except what religion declares to be so. Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want, too. If we never find our experience described in stories, we assume that our #experience is insignificant. an artist can best speak clearly, yet leaving around words that area of silence, that empty space, in which other and further truths and perceptions can form in other minds.
-- Ursula K. Le Guin
@mareklach the terrible thing about this is that while our culture does not regard storytelling is meaningful, it still tells itself stories yet does not realize that this is what it is doing.
because storytelling is, according to all the values our culture teaches us, infantile, something only children take seriously, mere entertainment at best to adults, fantasy and delusion at worst.
yet my adoptive homeland of the United States is sickening and dying partly due to the stories it tells of itself
@mona ''my adoptive homeland of the United States is sickening and dying partly due to the stories it tells of itself''
That is a very acute observation my friend, I would agree that the kinds of stories a nation tells itself must have some inherent deeper meaning, and an ability to invoke some self-reflection, otherwise they can indeed construct a false ideological narrative that is being repeated in mainstream consciousness.
Politicians are especially skilled at creating false stories.
@mareklach @mona It's heartbreaking, is what it is. Stroytelling can be one of the most amazing mediums in the world and should never be dismissed outright, yet that is what so many people do in Western cultures each and every day, including America. :/
As for those "false stories..." Ugh. It's all hypocrisy. Those with power are fine with everything so long as it benefits them. x-x;; If it doesn't, out it goes.
Thank you so much to the both of you for posting and sharing this!!
@mona @mareklach Aww, you're welcome. ^_^ Thank you, too! *smiles wide*
@ayachan @mareklach *whuffles, a little abashed, swishing her tail* thank you.