The Power of Short Film
A well made short film is like a poem, it leaves room in it for the unfolding of many different stories. Vinko Totic, a soft-spoken man who knows first-hand the ravages of civil war has devoted his life to spreading peace and compassion. When I lived in Ottawa, I knew him best as a organizer [...]
Storylistening Podcast Added: Michael Williams Speaks about Healing Stories and the Middle East
In an earlier post, I wrote about Starhawk’s plea for the telling of new stories in and about the Middle East. Today, I am pleased to be able to offer a podcast concerning a project that is being undertaken in Israel and Palestine to bring about the end of the old story and the beginning [...]
A Candle to Remember: Stories and Songs to Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, storytellers Rachel Smilie, Julie Dawid and friends told stories and sang songs at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. HMD commemorates the day that Soviet soldiers liberated Auschwitz-Bikenau in 1945. The anniversary is used in the UK to mark the genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur as well as the Nazi-perpetrated [...]
Re-storying the Middle East: Starhawk’s Plea in Dark Times
Starhawk blends spirituality, story and activism in a completely grounded way. I was fortunate enough to attend a workshop with her in Montreal during the lead up to the Quebec City Protests of 2001. I was impressed by her presence, her compassion, her insight and her commitment. I highly recommend taking one of her trainings [...]
On-line activist storytelling: www.Neveragain.no
I recently found out about this on-line project at a workshop given by Donald Smith (Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre). Donald had recently returned from a conference on creative clusters in Glasgow, where he had presented in the same session as Bjorn Enes, the editor of Neveragain.no. Unfortunately for us anglophones, the site is [...]
