Comments on: The Care and Keeping of Sacred Stories http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/ distracted by sparkly things since 1969 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Rachelle http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-8745 Rachelle Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:27:35 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=586#comment-8745 Kelly, Jen once said to me, "everyone's suffering is valid, it's not a competition." I hold on to that sometimes when I feel pain --the feel bad for feeling that pain because others' situtations are so much more tragic. Pain is pain is pain. You have th eright to feel it. When writers craft a story they emerge with time. They rarely emerge full formed with all the parts in order. They are usually a mystery. They don't always match the present. You can trust your intituitve voice to tell the stories you need to tell, in the state that they are, when you need to tell them. Rock on? ;-) Kelly,

Jen once said to me, “everyone’s suffering is valid, it’s not a competition.” I hold on to that sometimes when I feel pain –the feel bad for feeling that pain because others’ situtations are so much more tragic. Pain is pain is pain. You have th eright to feel it.

When writers craft a story they emerge with time. They rarely emerge full formed with all the parts in order. They are usually a mystery. They don’t always match the present. You can trust your intituitve voice to tell the stories you need to tell, in the state that they are, when you need to tell them.

Rock on? ;-)

]]> By: Kelly http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-8718 Kelly Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:35:35 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=586#comment-8718 sometimes i feel like my stories are too hard to tell. other people have worse ones, but i carefully guard my bad ones so that no-one has to know. and thinking about those bad ones, when i think of my stories, sort of blocks out the good ones. Do i have good stories? of course... where are they? ...hmm. something for me to think about. Ok, i tried to think of some and they all involve sex, drugs and rock and roll. Since when did I become a rock star? I think I'm putting to much pressure on myself to come up with a beginning, middle and end. a protagonist, an antagonist, a problem, a solution and a conclusion. Most of my stories aren't over yet. Ok, I tried to sit here quietly and think of one of my stories again, and I again came up with tears and hurting. Scenes where I feel embarassed and alone. Maybe I have some sad stories to tell, but I don't feel depressed or dejected right now, in my life, I feel there are a lot of doors opening, and sunshiny things happening. I don't get it. Stories haunt me. sometimes i feel like my stories are too hard to tell. other people have worse ones, but i carefully guard my bad ones so that no-one has to know. and thinking about those bad ones, when i think of my stories, sort of blocks out the good ones. Do i have good stories? of course… where are they? …hmm. something for me to think about.
Ok, i tried to think of some and they all involve sex, drugs and rock and roll. Since when did I become a rock star?
I think I’m putting to much pressure on myself to come up with a beginning, middle and end. a protagonist, an antagonist, a problem, a solution and a conclusion. Most of my stories aren’t over yet.
Ok, I tried to sit here quietly and think of one of my stories again, and I again came up with tears and hurting. Scenes where I feel embarassed and alone. Maybe I have some sad stories to tell, but I don’t feel depressed or dejected right now, in my life, I feel there are a lot of doors opening, and sunshiny things happening. I don’t get it. Stories haunt me.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-8694 Rebecca Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:17:17 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=586#comment-8694 You are right...and it made me cry. I love the way you guard and birth the stories around you. Shalom, Rebecca You are right…and it made me cry.

I love the way you guard and birth the stories around you.

Shalom,

Rebecca

]]> By: Rachelle http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-8691 Rachelle Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:44:15 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=586#comment-8691 What lovely comments to recieve this morning and I woke up early to the 5am Danish sun. Lydia's comments remind me of this project at NPR. I'm inspired by how this accomplished newscater turned his career deeply into the arena of honoring the stories of everyday people. Start finding out about it here:http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/1999/991002.storyproject.html Greenwoman's note introduced me to her lovely, reflective blog which I'm now following on my feed's list. http://leafingout.wordpress.com/ And Syliva (who is a damn fine Twitter and in my time zone!) made this gorgeous image-based story about nostalgia and creativity using Slide: http://dreamergirl.typepad.com/ May your days be filled with many more stories to tell. What lovely comments to recieve this morning and I woke up early to the 5am Danish sun.

Lydia’s comments remind me of this project at NPR. I’m inspired by how this accomplished newscater turned his career deeply into the arena of honoring the stories of everyday people. Start finding out about it here:http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/1999/991002.storyproject.html

Greenwoman’s note introduced me to her lovely, reflective blog which I’m now following on my feed’s list. http://leafingout.wordpress.com/

And Syliva (who is a damn fine Twitter and in my time zone!) made this gorgeous image-based story about nostalgia and creativity using Slide: http://dreamergirl.typepad.com/

May your days be filled with many more stories to tell.

]]> By: lydia http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-8685 lydia Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:38:46 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=586#comment-8685 Thank you for encouraging us to do this. This is a great way to minister to people, to help them tell their story. You have encouraged me to tell my stories. I know it will be healing for me. Just last night, my husband and I were at another couple's house for dinner. We all had a lot of catching up to do. We were able to tell a pretty great story about the past year. It felt good to tell that story, and to synthesize what we've been through, and remind ourselves of good memories, hard times, and the progress we've made! I hope to someday interview and transcribe people's stories. I've done an interview with one friend, and now I hope to interview my family so that the stories can be preserved. Thank you for encouraging us to do this. This is a great way to minister to people, to help them tell their story. You have encouraged me to tell my stories. I know it will be healing for me.

Just last night, my husband and I were at another couple’s house for dinner. We all had a lot of catching up to do. We were able to tell a pretty great story about the past year. It felt good to tell that story, and to synthesize what we’ve been through, and remind ourselves of good memories, hard times, and the progress we’ve made!

I hope to someday interview and transcribe people’s stories. I’ve done an interview with one friend, and now I hope to interview my family so that the stories can be preserved.

]]> By: Greenwoman http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-8674 Greenwoman Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:29:39 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=586#comment-8674 Wonderful post... I am a story teller. It is a sacred trust to me and I deeply appreciated this post. Its affirming and life affirming. Bless you! Wonderful post…

I am a story teller. It is a sacred trust to me and I deeply appreciated this post. Its affirming and life affirming. Bless you!

]]> By: Silvia http://www.magpie-girl.com/20080624/the-care-and-keeping-of-sacred-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-8670 Silvia Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:35:46 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=586#comment-8670 I can’t quite get it into words what stories mean to me. i guess they make me believe. This post really resonates with me, especially today. Like right now. See, there's an old tablecloth on the floor. It used to belong to my grandmother. It smells like home. When i sit on it i feel safe, surrounded by photographs, paper, paint, ink...i write, i dream, i tell stories on paper with words and images, with paper hearts and sanding paper and gesso, soft music fills the livingroom and no matter what, no matter how full the laundry basket is and how empty my closet, today i just have to tell stories. xo I can’t quite get it into words what stories mean to me. i guess they make me believe.

This post really resonates with me, especially today.
Like right now.

See, there’s an old tablecloth on the floor. It used to belong to my grandmother. It smells like home. When i sit on it i feel safe, surrounded by photographs, paper, paint, ink…i write, i dream, i tell stories on paper with words and images, with paper hearts and sanding paper and gesso, soft music fills the livingroom and no matter what, no matter how full the laundry basket is and how empty my closet, today i just have to tell stories.

xo

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