Story
telling is more than just a set of words on a paper, or one persons’
description of an event. Story telling is an adventure. You follow the brave
knight on his journey to slay the dragon. The football player running down the
field to score the winning touchdown. It’s more than just one person’s thoughts
being told, it’s an entirely new world to each person who hears, or reads it.
Story telling is opening up part of your world and inviting people in to come
join you on this mystical adventure you are describing. People open up and let
others read or hear their thoughts as they describe what they have been
imagining for some time. With wide ranges of a hero saving the damsel in
distress, from a sports star, or someone who is down on their luck and
overcomes the odds to fix what has gone wrong. The beautiful part about this is
that the story is not the same to everyone. Regardless of how many people have
known of this story there is always bound to be at least one small detail that
is different. That’s why story telling is such an adventure. With other forms
of media such as movies and television, what the creator wants you to see is
put right in front of you. Of course many people have different takes on a show
but unlike a story, the visuals are already presented to you so that everyone
sees the same thing. They may interpret it differently, but unlike a told or
written story people all know what a character looks like, and what they see.
Storytelling to me is leaving in this hint of mystery, for people to be able to
have their own interpretation of what is going on, to feel like they are
actually there besides the knight as he slays the dragon. To be able to see
what they want to, and that no one can tell them they are wrong. Making it more
immersing of a story that allows all of your senses to become enthralled by the
story.
I really liked your idea of storytelling being an adventure, and I definitely see elements of this in your piece. I think it's also interesting how you talked about the different stories and the different effects they can have, in that stories seen on television are less adventurous than those told to you verbally, or those you read on your own, because there is less adventure, discovery, individualism in them. I think I agree with you on this. It makes me think about when I see a movie after reading the book, and how disappointing this can be sometimes when I have pictured the character differently, or pictured certain moments occurring differently, and that a lot of times reading the book was more enjoyable than watching the movie because my own imagination was in the story with me. It also makes me curious as to how this process has been for you to add images/videos to your piece when it seems that visual mediums tend to take the adventure out of it for you. I think you did a good job of incorporating a lot of different visuals to still let the reader see your unique imagination, and let us have our own interpretation as well.
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