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Holiday Storytelling: The Anti-Hero Who Restores Hope
Please meet Assipattle, the hero of a Scottish folk tale, who with courage and wisdom overcomes a terrible sea monster that threatens to consume the small kingdom in which his village resides. I met him during a winding journey through the endless world of myths and folktales. I went looking for flood stories (more on… Continue reading Holiday Storytelling: The Anti-Hero Who Restores Hope
Everyday Storytelling: the Wings of Imagination
Everyday Storytelling: On the Wings of Imagination I invited the kids to create story booklets from scratch. All we need is plain paper, colored sewing treads, crayons and stickers. Oh, and the capacity to fly on the wings of imagination. Renna is sitting next to me in the oversized wheelchair. She is very quiet. Even… Continue reading Everyday Storytelling: the Wings of Imagination
16 Days of Activism
ערבית ואנגלית בהמשך: היום, 25 בנובמבר, היום הבינלאומי למאבק באלימות נגד נשים הוא הראשון ב-16 ימים של אקטיביזם למיגור האלימות נגד נשים על שלל צורותיה. הקמפיין הבינלאומי של האו“ם נמשך החל מהיום ועד ל-10 בדצמבר, יום זכויות האדם הבינלאומי, כי הרי ידוע הוא “שזכויות נשים הן זכויות אדם, וזכויות אדם הן זכויות נשים” (הילרי קלינטון).… Continue reading 16 Days of Activism
Everyday Storytelling, Episode I
Between the Spell of Forgetting and the Well of Memories On the way I met the good fairy – What will you ask for? She asked – To remember. I spoke. And, to forget – What would you like to forget? Asked the fairy – That which haunts me in my daydreaming – And what… Continue reading Everyday Storytelling, Episode I
Why I Need UNSC Resolution 1325
Why Do I Need – Indeed, We All Need – UNSC Resolution 1325? If the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 were a face cream or the next iPhone to roll out of Apple, a well-oiled publicity apparatus would already had let us know – hammering us with TV ads, billboards and pop-ups on social… Continue reading Why I Need UNSC Resolution 1325
Organizational Storytelling
The process of constructing an organization’s story is unique to each one. But there are some common foundations, whether it’s a multi-faceted global corporation or a grassroots movement made up of volunteers. I’ve collected a few of those foundations
COVID-19 Storytelling: Labors of Love
The labors of protest, of resistance and of healing the world never end. even when we grow weary of it, or decide to break free for a while. They always come back to grab our attention and teach us a lesson in humility. They remind us, without reproach, that our actions in this world rarely yield one-of-a-kind creation, but rather, and series of repetitive actions, with no fame nor glamor, but that are nevertheless critical to our existence.
COVID-10 Storytelling: Lockdown Guests
Fourth lockdown. Or maybe third. I lost count. But I went grocery shopping and bought essentials such as chocolate chips and wine. Since the pandemic erupted in March last year, I found that storytelling and baking help sustain me and fill me with hope. This week, I made hot chocolate cookies, coconut orange cake and… Continue reading COVID-10 Storytelling: Lockdown Guests
We All Need UNSCR 1325; Here’s Why
Why Do I Need – Indeed, We All Need – UNSC Resolution 1325? For Hebrew Version of this post: https://www.onlife.co.il/news/opinions/289222 If the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 were a face cream or the next iPhone to roll out of Apple, a well-oiled publicity apparatus would already had let us know – hammering us with… Continue reading We All Need UNSCR 1325; Here’s Why
COVID-19 Storytelling: On Bread, Love and Aging
There is something basic, comforting and filling about bread. I love baking, despite the gap that exists between my passion for it, and my delicate motorial skills. Somehow, my baked goods don’t always look like the perfectly shaped ones in the recipe. But our lives these days are captured in this gap between what we… Continue reading COVID-19 Storytelling: On Bread, Love and Aging
Hamutal Gouri 