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Tell Me Your Story
One of my favorite stories to tell over a campfire is an Ojibwe legend about a shape-shifting spirit called the Windigo. It's a harrowing adventure that cleverly explains the origin of mosquitoes. I learned it nearly twenty years ago as a camp counselor.
After finishing Joshua Foer's book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, I thought immediately of the Ojibwe legend..JPG)
Linking vivid images with words literally changes the chemistry of our brains. It enables me to remember how to tell a fifteen-minute story that I heard twenty years ago.
At Global Explorers, we help students and educators create lasting stories of their own. Stories rooted in the multi-sensory experience of immersion travel.
I'm still learning about the art of telling good stories at Global Explorers. I want our stories to stick. I want others to think of them years later. I want someone to read a book, draw connections, and be reminded of something they learned from an experience we provided.
I want to do some shape-shifting of our own, altering brain chemistry with images, sights, smells, sounds and tastes of our diverse world.
Interested in learning how to tell a story better for your cause? Explore Thelar Pekar's article: What, Why and How Story Matters.
