of one person trying to convey narrative to another. That has an
spiritual value. It can have a base level one too.
It doesn't matter if the stories are profound or silly. Meaning
changes over time anyway. It is important that we communicate to those
that come after us that we had a particular view of our world - "here
it is, this is what I see."
It is no different that the griots sitting around telling the tales of
the ancestors or the cave paintings or the etchings in pottery. It is
no different that what countless writers, artists and future-sighted
people do.
That is how we (humans) build communities - by knowing each others
stories.
Gena
http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com
http://voxmedia.org/wiki/Video
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Shannon Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> You know,
>
> sometimes I look at my own expressions and the content of my work,
as well
> as many others here, and think how shallow and meaningless much of
what we
> do is. We put our own meaning on it as it really has none of it's
own. It is
> all enculturated. We make it up for or own selves to get what we
want from
> others. I feel that way when I look at something like this:
>
> http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/36871/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> and ponder.
>
> -shannon
>
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