Episode 12: STORY story

<h2><strong>Episode 12: </strong><a href="https://issuu.com/williamcleveland/docs/story_story_full_issuu_pages" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Story story</strong></a></h2><h2><br></h2><h2><strong>Check out the film version of <em>Story story</em> </strong><a href="https://youtu.be/CXNojjZHvC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a></h2><h2><strong>And the book version </strong><a href="https://issuu.com/williamcleveland/docs/story_story_full_issuu_pages" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a></h2><h2><strong><u>Transcript</u></strong></h2><p><em>In the beginning there was a word, the word, a word, I don’t know but that word doing its best o state afloat&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;confluence of&nbsp;time and space spinning&nbsp;at the&nbsp;hot&nbsp;center&nbsp;of the minds-eye&nbsp;vortex had no choice&nbsp;but to&nbsp;go forth and&nbsp;multiply&nbsp;and…beget&nbsp;a Story&nbsp;</em></p><p>These are the first few lines of a prose poem called <em>Story story</em>, which will be shared in full later in this podcast.&nbsp;It comes from the soundtrack of a film of the same name that explores the evolution of "story" as an essential aspect of human development and history. In this episode I will share the story of <em>Story story,</em> what prompted it and how it evolved. Along the way we examine some threshold questions: Where do stories come from; what is their function, and most importantly, what is their power for good or ill?</p><p>From the <a href="http://www.artandcommunity.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Center for the Study of Art &amp; Community</a>, this is <a href="https://change-the-story-chan.captivate.fm/listen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Change the Story / Change the World</em>.</a> I’m Bill Cleveland.</p><p><strong>Part 1: Art and Upheaval</strong></p><p>In the early spring of 2005, my wife Carla and I found ourselves unpacking in a small, well-appointed room in a 15th-century Italian palazzo name