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The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn
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katoagogo
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 Posted: Mon Aug 25th, 2008 03:49 pm
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  • Storytelling is a human universal, and common themes appear in tales throughout history and all over the the world.
  • These characteristics of stories, and our natural affinity toward them, reveal clues about our evolutionary history and the roots of emotion and empathy in the mind.
  • By studying narrative’s power to influence beliefs, researchers are discovering how we analyze information and accept new ideas.
Read the article online from Scientific American MIND

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secrets-of-storytelling

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 Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 04:28 am
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kato,

I read the article and found it very interesting but felt it was a bit truncated as if it was a condensation of a longer article. And I had already been familiar with these ideas for years.

I will suggest to you and others the site below by James Bonnet and his book called "Stealing Fire From the Gods" for a more thorough exploration of this. He has made a lifetime of study on this subject.

There is a new second edition of the book. I studied with Bonnet twice in his workshops in LA in my forays out there when he first started out with his workshop. Then took it again a couple of years later. His work was highly influential on me at about the time in my life when I felt I knew so much! It spun me creatively around like a top and influenced me immensely as an actor, writer, director, critiquer and well, just about everything else.

http://www.storymaking.com

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 Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 05:10 am
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katoagogo wrote:
  • Storytelling is a human universal, and common themes appear in tales throughout history and all over the the world.



Says it all, really.

H.

Last edited on Wed Sep 10th, 2008 12:31 am by HarveyRabbit

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 Posted: Thu Sep 11th, 2008 02:19 pm
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IMR:

I like this article from SciAm because it serves as a good introduction for the science.  Their articles are slways short, but they have very good resource lists.  Plus it's available online for free -- so anyone can check it out.

Thanks for the recommended title.  That's a solid follow-up for people interested in learning more about how cognitive science is part of the arts equation.

--Kato


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