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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 21:04:26 -0700
> Still, I do wish others on the list >might take a crack at answering that question I posed before--i.e., to repeat: > >"What do we mean anyway when we speak of "transformation" and >how is this accomplished through story?" > >Cristy W. I'll take a quick swing before taking to bed after a weekend with a cold. Trans-form - to come into a new shape/structure across, beyond, on the other side of where one began. A story transforms us when we have a new point of view on our point of view. I personally consider I've passed through a transformative experience when I realize that how I hold myself, or others, or Life itself has shifted in a global way. So not this or that has moved (furniture rearranged), but somehow the lens through which all is viewed has shifted. Since every story is a miniature world, when we are really imagining it, we are trying on this new world. At times this new world sticks. I might call that transformative. Christopher Maier -- Moving Stories - Stories Created, Discovered & Told P.O. Box 40032, Denver, CO 80204-0032 (303) 477-7833; email: Christopher@Moving-Stories.com | ||