Storytelling Manifesto Archives

Lately I have been thinking about how and why I tell stories. To help clarify my ideas, I thought I’d create a storytelling manifesto:

To not forget.
To start conversations.
To make connections.
To pay attention to and care about the world and its inhabitants.
To create meaning.
To honor past generations.
To exercise a feminist curiosity.
To craft the world that I want to live in.
To value the daily moments, experiences and encounters.
To give an account of who I am and what I believe.
To share myself with my kids.
To heal.
To grieve.
To experience and express joy.
To make and stay in trouble.
To make visible (expose) ideas, perspectives and experiences that have been ignored and/or actively suppressed.
To experiment with new online technologies.
To find a balance between the critical and creative.

To establish a brand.
To sell products or ideas or identities.
To tell you how or what to think/believe/be.
To find comfort.
To cope with my inevitable death.
for you (although I deeply appreciate when my stories/accounts resonate with others).
that aren’t mine to tell.
that do violence to others and their experiences.

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