Power of Stories
Thursday, June 30th, 2005“If a picture is worth a thousand words,
then a story is worth a thousand assurances. ”
– Annette Simmons

“If a picture is worth a thousand words,
then a story is worth a thousand assurances. ”
– Annette Simmons
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living.
No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man’s life.
As we live, we grow and our beliefs change.
They must change.
So I think we should live with this constant discovery.
We should be open to this adventure in heightened [...]
A caterpillar gazing at the butterfly is supposed to have remarked, "Wall, you’ll never catch me in one of those darn things."
– McLuhan
(Better know for saying "the medium is the message")
Love both these companies - highly recommend these as a read:
- Cal Henderson "On how we built flickr"
- Adaptive Path
Teaching - ideas, lessons etc - through stories is an old and established craft. Among the famous storytellers are Jewish Rebbe’s*.
For the Rebbe’s the human voice, the one that can sing and tell stories, is treasured. I once read that they believe stories are so powerful that if you tell the right story to [...]
A few friends thought I made up the word and while I wish I could claim it for myself, the word Chaordic is a real one.
As it’s letters suggest, like this blog it is a combination of chaos and order.
Or to be more exact, it is “a system that is simultaneously chaotic and [...]
I ‘discovered’ the dynamic artist Scott Snibbe today and thoroughly enjoyed my find!
His site hosts a lot of his work - themed around exploration of eastern philosophy and exploitation of technology/digital medium/science. There some neat downloads too.
FUN!
“We’re not looking for answers here. We want good questions!”
– Marshall McLuhan
(source)
A complete tutorial on digital storytelling is available for free thanks to digital storyteller, lecturer & photographer Daniel Meadows.
Now all I need is a Mac…
Life and Death - a chilling piece beautifully conveyed by Chris Clarke.
Thanks to story site fray.com