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Exploring the Inter-dimultitudes through stories. What really connects me with you, from very old to new.
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The Role of Longing and Heartbreak (opens the original)
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At first blush, longing and heartbreak might seem an odd ingredient for effective storytelling.But when you examine your past heartbreaks, it is likely that they were brutally clarifying, which is essential when we want to create change. When we are clear in our storytelling, we can identify and choose the next right move, and both longing and heartbreak are deeply clarifying. They bite, but they are clear.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_
Three spiritual substances that restore connection in an age of separation (opens the original)
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I have three children ages 17 to 24, often referred to as Generation Z. These are the “zoomers” who were born after 9-11 and either lost their high school experience to COVID or navigated new models for prom, homecoming, graduation, and homework in a remote-first age. I am dazzled at their emotional intelligence yet dumbfounded at their seeming lack of resilience. They seem at once very wise and very fragile. They are top-heavy with their clear picture of the world and yet don’t understand a plu
A Framework for Collaborative Storytelling (opens the original)
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Oh, mother earth, your comfort is great, your arms never withhold. It has saved my life to know this.”— Mary Oliver“Look down from above on the countless herds of men and their countless solemnities, and the infinitely varied voyaging in storms and calms, and the differences among those who are born, who live together, and die.”— Marcus Aurelias“Being a candle is not easy. In order to give light one must first burn.”— Rumi“Water does not resist. Water
The True Shape of Collaboration (opens the original)
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Every collaboration is built on a series of connections. There is the connection between the individual collaborators and if we were to draw a line between each person, that collaboration forms a simple shape. If it is three people, then you have a triangle. Four a rectangle and five a pentagon. That shape is 2 dimensional and from our perspective, it is simple. We can see that connection, it is clear. Even if the connection is between two people, that simple line gives us an understandable star
Storytelling and How to be Held (opens the original)
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Where is our support?I’ve been married twice and though each wedding was completely different, they were both held in loving support. My first wedding took place in Welfare, Texas on the Strange Range (and we slept in Comfort!). I was 27 years old and I married another artist and our community was thick with actors, musicians, writers, artists, and producers. A film production designer put together our wedding altar, complete with hand plucked and dried flower petals. A theater costume designer
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