Category Archives: Our Storied Lives

How our lives unfold in our storied context

“I don’t have the Confidence to pull That off!”

Posted on November 22, 2010 by David Thompson

I overheard a conversation between two teenage girls. They stood captivated in the shopping mall, staring at some on-the-edge outfit displayed in a fashion store window. One girl said to the other: “I don’t have the confidence to pull that … Continue reading →

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Discovering Unseen Stories

Posted on November 17, 2010 by David Thompson

Most of our immediate world is unseen, and we’re often  blind to our own stories. Our stories extend our senses into our personal understanding. We build stories of the world in our minds and bodies, stories as models, stories as … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Constellation

Posted on November 15, 2010 by David Thompson

Written January 2010 (Revised 15 November 2010) Pete gave me a lesson in the power of infectious longstories. Pete is a roughly handsome and fit looking 60+ year old man, of medium build, with a rugged longshoreman’s face and New … Continue reading →

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Crazy Dancers

Posted on November 9, 2010 by David Thompson

Eyes closed, he unselfconsciously bobbed and swayed, occasionally mouthing lyrics only he could hear. On a shuttle from Flagstaff to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport, I was sitting behind a middle aged man lost in his mp3 player.  He was the … Continue reading →

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