“It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional black storyteller - writer, musician, filmmaker.” WorldStoriesProblemHappensLyingBlackWhiteThis WorldMusicianFolksFilmmakerStoryteller Author:James McBride
“One solace yet remains for us who came Into this world in days when story lacked Severe research, that in our hearts we know How, for exciting youth's heroic flame, Assent is power, belief the soul of fact.” KnowsWorldHeartSoulFactsStoriesBeliefKnow HowThis WorldYouthResearchExcitingRemainsFlamesHeroicSevereSolace Book:The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth Source: The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth
“Honor thy Father and thy Mother was once said, but then someone said: What if I don't know your Father? A still voice said: Does that makes him the devil? He is still someone's Father, his name has been changed, but his story is the same. Why hate when we should Celebrate. In this world of two's, you got the Mourning Son, and the Daughter of the Night. They both equal light once you make it through the night. Now, wake the funk up!” IfsKnowsWorldShouldDoeHas BeensSaidStillsTwoStoriesLightMotherNightHateFatherNamesVoiceThis WorldChangedSonHonorEqualDaughterDevilCelebrateMourningWhat IfFunk Author:Bootsy Collins
“As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that make an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.” WorldNeedsLooksRealFactsStoriesBeautifulValuesImaginationStreetsThis WorldSpringBlueUglyFairyRootedMistHappy EndingsMaterialisticCallousFairy Stories Author:Elizabeth Goudge
“Read as much as you write. Go out and meet other writers. Look for stories in everything around you - music, movies, family, strangers, your bus ride to work, and of course the streets. Also - keep moving forward, keep creating new things. Leave evidence of yourself in this world. Imagine what your legacy could be and try to create it.” WorldWritingTryingLooksStoriesMovingCoursesImagineStreetsThis WorldCreatingEvidenceStrangerMoving ForwardLegacyBusNew ThingsKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardCreating New Things Author:Kevin Sampsell
“I think the biggest mistake you can make in creator owned work is having info-dumps like, "Here's how this world works!" it's just like someone playing dungeon master and boring me with the backstory of their fucking world. Just bring me into you story and get it cooking.” ThinkingWorldStoriesMistakeThis WorldMastersCookingCreatorBoringWorking ItDumpDungeonsBiggest Mistake Author:Rick Remender
“At its very core the story of Easter has nothing to do with angelic announcements or empty tombs. It has nothing to do with time periods, whether three days, forty days, or fifty days. It has nothing to do with resuscitated bodies that appear and disappear or that finally exit this world in a heavenly ascension.” WorldStoriesBodyReligionThreeThis WorldPeriodsEmptyDisappearCoreFiftyHeavenlyFortyEasterTombsExitAngelicAnnouncementsAscensionTime Periods Book:Resurrection: Myth or Reality? Source: Resurrection: Myth or Reality?
“Spirituality promotes passivity when the domain of spirit is defined as outside the world. When this world is the terrain of spirit, we ourselves become actors in the story, and this world becomes the realm in which the sacred must be honored and freedom created.” WorldStoriesSpiritSpiritualityActorsThis WorldSacredDefinedRealmsHonoredDomainPassivityTerrain Author:Starhawk