What kind of data would make me want to tell
stories?
In
answering this question, I need to first understand why we tell stories. Does
it always need to have a meaning or a moral? If it is argued that it doesn’t
need this kind of purpose, is there any good reason for telling a story? Is
this, perhaps, the difference between unnecessary noise and valuable
information?
I think
that stories are influential in any sense because they impact our emotions.
They cause our reaction. It touches our values – the core of our personhood.
If this is
the case, I want to deal with data that impressed upon values. Then, some
values are subjective; others still, are objective. I have my personal set of
beliefs and values and you surely do to. These are three questions I’m
challenging myself to understand when deciding to tell stories:
- What things make me come alive?
- What cause(s) can I imagine myself, if not now but in the future, excellent at living in defense of?
- What is the problem in the world that I am meant to solve?
It’s not
easy to answer these questions and it takes, as I’m learning, a life time of
searching, experiencing, self-awareness, anticipating, reacting, forgetting,
and re-learning.
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Now, in the direction of becoming more
concrete:
I read a
quote recently that described people as “drowning in information while starving
for wisdom.” This is where I will begin my discussion of what kind of data
would make me want to tell stories.
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