Category Archives: stories

Discussion area for the topic of: Stories; as they relates to creative inquiry.

Stories We Tell, Stories We Live

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Michael Gray

I am working on a new draft of a novel, in which my hope is that my characters will “come alive”.  Anyone who writes fiction will recognize this as a phrase denoting the moment when characters break free of their narrator’s agenda … Continue reading →

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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Caroline Sherwood

If we could see the future of what we are thinking, saying and doing today, would we change what we are thinking, saying and doing? Mindful of Aryadeva pointing out that what results from a given moment is determined by … Continue reading →

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The Founding Story of the Self (week 7)

Posted on February 27, 2009 by David Filippone

I thought of I want as a feeling coming from something felt to be lacking; a desire for what I thought would fulfill the lack. Some answers to this question were: a job, financial independence, and continued good health.  There were moments … Continue reading →

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Self Interpretation – (Week 6)

Posted on February 21, 2009 by David Filippone

I appear to be on a single track with my posts regarding searching for work, but it’s the stuff of my experience right now. And so last week we were asked to observe the differences between a story and a model. … Continue reading →

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Defining Stories – Unit 2, Week 4

Posted on February 6, 2009 by David Filippone

I’ve watched the currents of so many personal stories over time that looking back seems like peering into an aquarium filled with liquid. In the stream of stories, I get the feeling I’m like a fish swimming in them, not … Continue reading →

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Week 5 – Expanding – Revealing the Field

Posted on November 6, 2008 by David Filippone

I feel fully present in this moment, feeling deeply intimate with what is, sitting on the porch surrounded by color; the cave of maples caving in, slowly crumbling, dropping lemon-yellow leaves, against emerald patches, with dots and waves of crimson, … Continue reading →

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Telling Stories…

Posted on April 16, 2007 by David Filippone

In ‘Dynamics of Time and Space’, Exercise 11 – Telling Stories, I was looking for founding stories, (self-stories of success and failure, sorrow and joy, gain and loss, praise and blame – LOK p. 224), and stories “that makes possible … Continue reading →

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