Love of stories
I suspect that the literacy of story telling declines with the emergence of public media. I saw this with my grandfather, 19th century born Italian shepherd, whose story telling diminished in direct proportion to the amount of TV he watched. Growing up, the culture of porches and kitchens where no TV lived was always richer than the story wasteland of the room where TV dominated and made live stories irrelevant by replacing them with strings of facts simulating stories.
Today, when I tease people I meet with, “So, what’s your story?”, I often get the string of facts that lack the emotional power of stories. When we regain a deep love of emotions, we will regain our love of stories.
So true! I fervently dislike television. But, we still have the internets, where folks can share their hearts and minds… and MUSIC, of course… John Cruz’s new CD is due out tomorrow… check out “Missing You” if you want to experience some “emotional power of stories”…
http://www.johncruz.com/music.html
Much aloha,
Debi
Comment by Debi — September 25, 2007 @ 12:43 am
Thanks Debi, his music such a great fusion, and yes depth of feeling.
Comment by Jack Ricchiuto — September 25, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
That’s all beautifully said and right on, Jack.
Comment by John Ettorre — September 28, 2007 @ 5:03 pm