Under the words are the stones and the stones are the stories. The story stones are stories beyond words. Yes they can be constrained by limitations. One sentence can be made with each set of stones. Lay them out in a line. Make a sentence. One word can be made with each set of stones. Make a seven letter word. One could write letters or characters on them and use them instead of a book. How many words would it take to write the story of all the starstorystones? Story stones are personal and flexible and the meaning made is different for every 'reader'. A ‘set’ of story stones consists of 7 stones. One stone for each of the seven words. A round stone (pebble type) for the NOW Another round stone, or one of different colour perhaps for ‘the untold story’ Five other stones - varied which represent either a) a self contained ‘story’ or b) part of the bigger life story. (or both) In deciding what story to tell one picks up the stones, thinks about what each stone means and places them into relative positions. The ‘now’ stone is at the centre of the life/story of course The other stones may represent specific times of a life or stories within that life - moments of personal significance or memories. Things that are bigger than words. Each of these stones can be taken as the ‘key’ stone from which one builds another perspective. So that each story as stone as story can be developed through placing the set in another order - and the purpose of doing these is to think about how that element features in both ‘Now’ and with reference to its own many perspectives. The creative process involves making choices about what each stone represents/means - what part of a story it tells and this requires reflection on the non now stories. The tactile nature of the stones can present choices and inspiration and the difference between the smooth ‘now’ and the jagged ‘storystone as memory’ has significance. They can be kept in boxes for safe-keeping, but my stories have always been about opening boxes. Some personal 'stories' This version of the story is set within the YinYang stymbol. Now is set in the middle. In the dark (yang) side is set past stories: childhood and the life in London while the yin in the yang is the ABC drama story. Right next to the ‘now’ stone is the ‘untold story’ stone and in the yin side (white) are ‘books’ and Daoism. My intention is to create a story space something akin to a Zen garden - in a tray filled with sand (this example isn’t yet filled with sand because I want to put in ‘my’ Loch Enoch sand, but need to work on the container and space around as I do not want to spill any of that precious sand! But for me, placing the storystones in the sand will have a deep meaning as Loch Enoch sand becomes the bedrock for my appreciation of the NOW and my personal ‘storied’ transition. |
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