I really do think of it in moral terms. I think that we can't kid ourselves that the storytelling impulse is innocent and does nothing but bring good to the world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it.
I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.
While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.
The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.
I truly believe in the value that stories have in being able to elevate humanity and make the world a better place.
I think we think in terms of stories.
In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book was going to be marketed to young readers. And the morals don't really suit the stories at all, which makes them super weird - part of why I love the tradition so much. I do play with this, though I am more concerned with ethics than morals.
I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted out in song or dance, or that Uncle George was eaten by a croc over there, don't go there to swim, then those young people don't have to find out by trial and error.
There's no harmony in most people in a way, and I'm attracted to it, and I think it makes for good storytelling.
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