I loved the interview I listened to, and intend to listen to the one tomorrow on Quantum Creativity Radio. I have suggested for Samantha of The Delight Makers and Ocean Story Boat to get in touch. The collaboration would be a blessing to all concerned, I feel.

My stories come in rhyme form, and I am a Painting Poet Performing for Peace. My stories are for the kids – also especially in us so called adults )

Please, enJOY visiting my site and be immersed in Beauty and Love and Wonder and lots of Inspiration and JOYmination.

It is a pleasure to meet like hearted souls like you, who – like me – keep PAINTING PROSPERITY into this world.

Much love and laughter to you,
blessings on all you do and don’t do,
Tanya

Sharing eight new myths (based on permaculture):
http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1855

Love to come on the show!

Willi Paul: Publisher, EcoAlchemist
sacredpermaculture.net, PlanetShifter.com Magazine
openmythsource.com
415-407-4688 | willipaul1@gmail.com
@planetshifter @openmythsource @permasacred

I am Kirill P. Gopius, a big fan of storytelling as well as the head of the Center of Applied Knowledge «Prime Life Education» in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

I found your resource on the internet and, like a lonely sailor, shipwrecked and stuck on an uninhabited island, I am sending you a message in a bottle. I hope that you at least will read it and, if fortune smiles upon me, swim out and save me from my solitude.

Russia is a very unique, isolated country; it merely observes the important business and cultural processes, that take place in the civilized world. However, there is a positive side to this. For example, this gives us the opportunity to analyze the experience of others and to avoid their mistakes.

This is certainly true when we speak about the situation with the market of storytelling in Russia. While in the western world storytelling is a big industry, in Russia only few have ever heard of it and even fewer realize how it can be used in the modern world.

I am convinced that the development of the Digital Storytelling industry shows the degree of civilization of society. In the 21th century Digital Storytelling is plays a key role in plenty of opportunities just as cinema does in this precious century. Strange as it may seem, the storyteller, standing alone in the space of a digital file can have a more profound influence on the audience than famous train of the Lumiere brothers or expensive Avatar.

I am writing a long letter because I have plenty of time being on an uninhabited island without any company.?

So, dear friends, storytellers, over 6 years I have been working in the field of storytelling and my aim is to tell people about storytelling and to teach them how to use it. For that reason I have founded the Center of Applied Knowledge «Prime Life Education». I have spent 6 years trying to involve the youth in St.-Petersburg and Moscow in the testing of an experimental educational model.
Young people have certain skills and abilities; they can make photos and video clips, create stories, chat with friends, surf the Web and social networks, travel and participate in all kinds of cultural and entertainment events, etc. In «Prime Life Education» they learn how to use this wealth of knowledge to earn money, raise their social status and contribute to the overall prosperity of society. The concept of the Center is “applied knowledge“. And of course it is impossible without storytelling as well as without another important component of modern marketing – event management (courses of which are also available in the Center).

I hope that the Storytelling Festival, the first in Russia, is going to demonstrate the potential of creating and telling digital and oral stories and how this potential can be used in the development of Russian society. According to my plan this is also going to be the stage for storytellers of our Center as well as invited performers and authors.

It is my heart’s desire to give people information about storytelling and the chance to meet people who have been participating in the practice for many years. I mean you. I want people to experience the unforgettable impressions of listening to your stories, as told by your storytellers.

Could you please let me know on which terms you would be willing to participate in our festival? I would be also very pleased if you shared with me the experience of running such an event. In the end, just your support is a thing of great importance for me…

I am standing on the shore, waiting for an answer and encouragement. I can feel the silence on my island, but I believe, that soon the voices of thousands of storytellers will break it, perhaps thanks to you.

And like John the Baptist I tell you – storytelling will come! And people’s hearts will open to the good, and they will look without disbelief at those who stand near them, and they will see the God in each of them.

Best regards,
Storyteller Kirill P. Gopius

http://www.primelife-edu.com/ Center of Applied Knowledge «Prime Life Education»
http://storytellingfest.ru/ Storytelling Fest
http://realmir-gopius.livejournal.com/426108.html Storytelling Project
http://realmir-gopius.livejournal.com My blog

I for one have been most impressed with your metoric rise in the storytelling world – I have been taking notes…

All the Best

Brother Wolf

Just stopping by your site and am always impressed with the great job you are doing gathering great tellers and great information. Keep up the good work.

I’ve always been interested in storytelling for almost as long as I can remember but I kind of lost sight of it until I discovered podcasts; yours as well as a number of others.

I’ve been using storytelling in my ministry for years but had not really named it as such until I began following these podcasts. Now two years later and I’m in full swing. I have a great love for fairy tales especially and the shows that you’ve done surrounding that genre have been quite influential.

One thing I haven’t heard mentioned in your casts is the fact that, for those looking for some of those very classic fairy tales project gutenberg is a fabulous and free source. I have been spending my summer reading through the all of the colored fairy books of Andrew Lang as well as The Grimms and a slew of others. A really wonderful way of getting comfortable with the ‘world’ of the fairy tale.

for anyone else interested here’s the gutenberg link; http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Peace and God Bless,

Eric

Now, when I say a few, I mean…there were two shelves in the reference section and none of the books were the ones I was looking for. Well, okay, I found Tolkien’s Tree and Leaf, but I couldn’t find anything by Zipes, and a few hurried cell phone calls from the library parking lot to every bookstore in town gave me nothing either.

The internet has been slightly more helpful, but, with all the websites out there discecting peices of literature, I had assumed there would be more. There isn’t.

That’s why I’m so thrilled to have found this place. I’m sure that helping college freshman wasn’t really the goal when this was set up, but I wanted you to know that you’re helping even those of us who aren’t storytellers.

Kudos.

Jenn

Take care,

Karol Brown

If you wish to be the featured guest on the podcast I would suggest that you write a proposal email to me. My email address is on the right hand side of this web page on the bottom. My first question to you will be – have you listened to the show? If you answer is no – don’t be surprised by my lack of interest in you proposal. Look at the list of past/future guests and subjects – it’s a good indication of what subject I want to cover – in the future.

Thank-you for your interest.

Eric Wolf

I’d like to participate.

All The Best ~ Tom

I would love to join you for your podcast, and to invite you to tell your stories at the Golden Raven Storytelling in Union, Maine next summer. I think you would be a great addition to our storytellers!

Roland Watier
http://www.thegoldenraven.org

Keep the spirit high.
And I hope our paths cross soon.

Norah Dooley
http://www.norahdooley.com