Simms Laura - Our Secret Territory The Essence Of Storytelling - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This book is composed of revelations from the life of a world famous storyteller including extensive travel and projects spanning thirty years. It helps readers understand the power of storytelling as a profound and unique art form combining modern solo theatre spoken literature spirituality and direct oral tradition akin to ancient ritual. The book is shaped with stories and poems and a remarkable fairytale that weaves in and out of a life of experiences: rescuing ex - child soldiers from a devastating war; working with epic singers Native American storytellers and Tibetan meditation masters; designing a playground; telling tales to Roma mothers and children; and saving a zoo in Northern Romania. This is a unique combination of personal story myth memoir and fairytales that will interest anyone involved in storytelling as performance; those using narrative in healing business or education; peacemakers and humanitarians; writers; anyone seeking a deeper spiritual practice; and those hoping to understand the psychology of personal memoir myth and symbol the importance of anthropology in our cultural life and how communities are affected by the stories we tell.
Title: Our Secret Territory The Essence Of Storytelling
Author(s): Simms Laura
Publisher: Sentient Publications
Barcode: 9781591811725
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 8/16/2011
Category: Creative Writing & Creative Writing Guides