Storyteller

Recorded during Color of Woman 2020

Note: The first two hours of the event are not to do the process but to help you enter into story! You'll need an additional 1 to 4 hours (depending on personal speed) to create your storybook.

[0:00] Listen. Invocation. Shiloh Sophia's Personal Story.

[14:00] Witness the Collaborative Story from the Gathering. What is your sentence?

[41:00] The River Song

[0:00] Listen. Personal Shiloh Stories on lineage.

[7:00] Exploration of Storyteller Handout (download below) and discussion on curating the Intentional Creativity experience, and curating stories of the feminine.

[25:00] Possible stories for opening with a Red Thread. What is the story you will tell opening your circles?

[30:57] Story from Lana

[37:12] Reflection. What do these stories move and stir in you? What will you include?

[40:00] Shiloh Personal Story on her including her Father and being Notorious.

[43:00] What is the story you are going to tell? Mary on ordinary story being good enough. Pele on Story carrying identity.

[45:50] Story from Pele. What is it to be a woman?

[54:10] Story from Semerit.  Creation of harmony out of racial injustice.

[59:18] Poem on mother as 3D printer and Shiloh Story on encodings

 [01:03:11] Introduction of Process

"You are the Storyteller. The Story that we are writing today is what you would tell at the beginning of a workshop. It's personal to you but general enough that it could work for any circle."

"The opportunity to begin to look at your life and to be able to choose to make stories out of anything that you've gone through, means that when you create the spaces for your circles you'll immediately be bringing people into the realm of the imagination. Story, especially told with Heart, will create a Space for the people in the circle."

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROCESS

• Rip a 22x30 watercolor paper in half (the 22 length way)
• Orient horizontal and fold in half. Fold back each side to create an 8 panel book.
• Page One will be Title Name + Description. Then using the remaining seven panels to write a brief story (and adding and illustration on each page).
• Choose a signature story from your life that you could share in a circle.
• Do some journaling using the Who What Where How Wow to create an outline that includes Beginning Middle Bridge End
• Bring color illustration and story sentences to the panels (a  sentence or two per panel)
• Add Title Subtitle Name Decoration on First Panel.

SHARING OF COMPLETED STORYBOOKS