Future Story - Re-calibrating our collective compass.
Re-acquainting ourselves with the timeless, universal world of myth may seem to be the opposite of what’s required when facing modern problems such as climate change. But the changes and challenges facing us represent such a sea change in how we understand our identity as a species, such a deep and overwhelming re- orientation, that heading into the world of folktales, myths and wonder-tales, is more than just a comforting diversion. The prospect of climate change, and consequent societal breakdown challenges us humans to look very deeply at who we are. It requires us to re-calibrate our collective compass.
We need to look towards the bedrock on which human culture is based, to look for where the cultural ‘stem- cells’ live that define how a society grows and develops.
Myths, fairy tales, and wonder-tales can evoke what Martin Shaw calls ‘Bone memory' and the telling of and listening to such stories, evokes a particular state of being.
We stand on the edge of a world we have never experienced before where many things that once seemed consistent and certain are in flux.
We need stories to help us make our way in this new world, to build bridges across the unknown.
Future Story is a space for enquiry into stories, stories that will build the future. The ones we tell our selves but never really hear and the ones that might free us to live in respectful harmony with the larger than human world.
For information about Sarah Deco and Storytelling go to www.sarahdecostoryteller.com
Re-acquainting ourselves with the timeless, universal world of myth may seem to be the opposite of what’s required when facing modern problems such as climate change. But the changes and challenges facing us represent such a sea change in how we understand our identity as a species, such a deep and overwhelming re- orientation, that heading into the world of folktales, myths and wonder-tales, is more than just a comforting diversion. The prospect of climate change, and consequent societal breakdown challenges us humans to look very deeply at who we are. It requires us to re-calibrate our collective compass.
We need to look towards the bedrock on which human culture is based, to look for where the cultural ‘stem- cells’ live that define how a society grows and develops.
Myths, fairy tales, and wonder-tales can evoke what Martin Shaw calls ‘Bone memory' and the telling of and listening to such stories, evokes a particular state of being.
We stand on the edge of a world we have never experienced before where many things that once seemed consistent and certain are in flux.
We need stories to help us make our way in this new world, to build bridges across the unknown.
Future Story is a space for enquiry into stories, stories that will build the future. The ones we tell our selves but never really hear and the ones that might free us to live in respectful harmony with the larger than human world.
For information about Sarah Deco and Storytelling go to www.sarahdecostoryteller.com
