Author: Pam Faro
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Kaleidoscope Coffee & Stories
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Kaleidoscope Coffee is all about connections and creating connections. Today’s is a guest blog by my friend, storyteller Cassie Cushing of Kaleidoscope Coffee & Stories. She’s a gifted a storyteller, an energetic and creative producer of small mutli-arts events, and she roasted-and-brewed me the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had!…
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J for Jacaranda – But Why?
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We’ve come to the “J” day, and I haven’t already written what I had intended for J (Jazz), and it’s crunch time and I just can’t do it – so here’s an improvised post on Jacaranda. Why jacaranda? I just finished reading a beautiful – but very sad – novel…
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Internal Imagery – It’s So Not Just “Pictures!”
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So here’s a story… I was eager to return. The previous storytelling workshop at the seminary had been so well-received, so well-attended, everyone expressed excitement at scheduling a follow-up a few months later. I planned on really exploring the importance and variety of internal imagery in storytelling. In our culture,…
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Hands – “Creating the universe in the palm of the storyteller’s hand”
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“Behold the hands… …how they promise, conjure, appeal, menace, pray, supplicate, refuse, beckon, interrogate, admire, confess, cringe, instruct, command, mock and what not besides,
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Gratitude, Gratefulness…Great Fullness!
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“My dad traveled a lot when I was a little girl; he was an insurance agent for Employers Mutual of Wausau (Wisconsin). He missed several birthdays, school programs, etc. – but never ever ever felt like an ‘absent father.’ When he was home there was full presence and love and…
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Faeroy – my family’s tiny Norwegian island
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“What’s your favorite story to tell?” – One of the most common questions asked me during Q&A sessions over the years. I used to demur about how I love ALL my stories; that’s why I tell them. But…a favorite one has indeed emerged in recent years:
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Equilateral Triangle
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THAT’S what storytelling is: the equilateral triangle of Audience + Teller + Story Without any one of those, you just don’t have storytelling! (Another nifty metaphor: a 3-legged stool – “If you don’t have all 3, it doesn’t stand.”) Storytelling just doesn’t happen without an audience.
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Ducking, Diversions and Detours
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Can’t…help…myself…Must…use…great…photo…of…ducks… What in the world does THIS have to do with “storytelling’s power to create connection,” anyway?! (- my theme for A-to-Z April Daily Blogging Challenge) I’m determined to make a connection!…Just a dab of wordplay…Follow along…
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Chorus – inviting audience participation
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“And they all lived…” “…happily ever after!” So you find yourself telling a story to a group of listeners. Whether it’s your first time or you’re long-experienced at it, whether in a speech, a sermon, a class or a storytelling performance, there’s a little something that can be a…
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Breathe!
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“REMEMBER TO BREATHE!” – I tell them… They always laugh! But I’m dead serious when I tell them that!