All change
I have discovered recently why I like
change, its because change releases us from the past, or at least it
can.
I have for a long time had a dislike
for the seeming permanence of books When Dr Benjamin Spok ,not the
Startreck one, Changed his views on child rearing and rewrote his
books to reflect his new stance many of his readers were left with
guilt for having tried to follow his earlier work. Not his fault just the
way things were, early sixties I think. Its all changed now.
We have
e books with an e book like a website if you want to change something
in the light of new knowledge you can, it may be ten seconds after or
ten years later! it can be changed. This of course does require a
radical rethink about how we pass on information. I have become in
recent times a storyteller using a medium called Kamishibai
Japanese Picture card theatre performed
traditionally from the back of a bike. I use/recycle old stories and
occasionally create my own, Kamishibai uses Picture cards as well as
props acting and all the theatricality I can introduce, and here’s
the clincher for me I can change it every time I tell it.
Not just the dialogue but the pictures
indeed the whole direction of the story .I make the pictures using a
digital camera, some painting ( very little) and Coral draw painting
package to stitch it all together. Between getting the idea for the
picture and printing it can be as little as ten minutes .Its printed
to size then Laminated to keep out the rain and stiffen it up like
the original cards. Some don't like the glossy finish but you can get
matt laminate envelops too.
I get some of my best ideas whilst
telling/acting out the story and have to be quick to notice them Why
embrace change? It feels right we change so why shouldn't our
stories/lives. Its not just about accepting change its doing
something about it.
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