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Even family dog Dipster enjoys the story bird! |
Second session:
Remembering the Story |
Now you've got your story, what do you do?
No matter if it's a story you've already heard and know, or a brand new story, the gateway to visualizing the story remains the same. Each storyteller is different, but what takes a storyteller from good to great is that they have an incredible vision of the story inside of their minds/imaginations. |
How do we access this richness?
Some people us story maps, but what is simple and very easy is to close your eyes in a quiet space, and look into your mind's eye.
Pretend your mind is like a built-in camera that can take snapshots of different scenes. Find the very first image of the story that pops into your mind. Take a quick click with your brain camera, and have a look at the image. What are the colours, the characters? What is the overall feel of what is going on? Is there happiness, sadness, fear in the characters and/or setting? If you could touch these images in your mind, what would the textures be? Can you describe them? Are there any particular smells or sounds? Keep looking deeper into your mind's eye, it is filled with amazing riches. Everyone sees a story differently in their mind, and how you view a story in your imagination is what the listener sees and experiences when you reveal the story to an audience orally.
Once you have looked into the image your brain camera has taken, try and draw it, using any kind of medium you have around: pencils, paints, markers, oil pastels. This picture you draw will reveal even more images that you can later describe in your story.
Take as many of these mind pictures as you would like, and re-create them in a drawing. A story is a series of images linked together, and the very best storytellers have a rich visual memory that they visit each time they enter into the world of story. Have fun with your camera! |
Coming up next month: Puppets - A Natural Tool |
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Singapore Mum Deb transforms into storyteller |
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