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.

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3 Responses to “Love of stories”

  1. Debi
    September 25th, 2007 00:43
    1

    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

  2. Jack Ricchiuto
    September 25th, 2007 14:57
    2

    Thanks Debi, his music such a great fusion, and yes depth of feeling.

  3. John Ettorre
    September 28th, 2007 17:03
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    That’s all beautifully said and right on, Jack.

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