Spider Speculations: A Physics and Biophysics of Storytelling
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (517 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1559362839 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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“I’ve spent about 15 years plus some working with people’s stories in a series of communities in this country. Spider Speculations is the beginning of trying to understand the hows and whys of all the changes.”—Author Jo CarsonJo Carson lays bare her personal investigation into her own creative process after a spider bite on her back begins a series of life-altering events. Carson, whose ability to capture the spoken word hallmarks her community-based work, sets down this story in her own distinctive voice, interspersing the journey with examples of her performance work. She currently performs Liars, Thieves, and Other Sinners on the Bench, made up of selected stories from her oral history plays, which will be published by TCG in 2007.. I write plays from oral
Weaving Stories Changes Livesand it's FUN, too! Julianne Wilson I have loved Jo Carson's work for some time -- uplifting, enriching, energizing, transformative. This latest book offers all of that -- and moremuch more! Here you are offered an opportunity to see INSIDE the story-weaving, to explore deeply what story means in your life, your family, your community, the world.,how we can learn from and be transformed through our stories. Plus, it's an absolutely engaging, entertaining, wonderful read.the kind of book where you'r. "Contains invaluable advice for writers" according to Midwest Book Review. What really makes a good story? "Spider Speculations: A Physics and Biophysics of Storytelling" is a collection of writings from Jo Carson seeking to answer those questions and dive into the bare science of storytelling. The dissection will intrigue and inform readers, and grant them many a tip on improving their own writing, through understanding the audience, much like a cook would benefit from knowing who he is cooking for. "Spider Speculations" contains inval. Robert G Yokoyama said This book will help me to collect stories for a community based play.. Spider Speculations provides excellent guidelines about how to collect personal stories from people, and the attitude that I should have in going about it. The attitude that I have in collecting is one of optimism and gratitude. I learned that my intention could affect the outcome of the story collecting process.I have been tasked to collect stories from the foster care population in Hawaii by Playbuilders Theater Company of Honolulu. I have been working with the
Her genius is to be able to link the micro and the macro, and you'll be astonished at how those links get made. (Storyteller; Director of the Storytelling Graduate Program at East Tennessee State University)"I think this profound, engaging and funny book is the very best that has been written on the topic of generating theater in communities. I use it in all my classes. Her work should be essential reading for socially responsible artists of every kind." -- Joseph Sobol, PH.D. If this book doesn't change how you think about your own stories and the stories you want to put onstage, then, to borrow from Atticus Finch, 'You've got another thing coming.'" -- Lisa Mount (Director of Artistic Logistics; Producer and Director of