June Diamond writes:
You are three feet tall. The room is crowded. You wrap your
arms around the legs of someone in a coat like your mother’s. But it is not
her. The room laughs, kindly, but you are humiliated.
Do all children have a similar experience? The group of us
taking part in the world story workshop thought that we all had.
In the first workshop we explored the universals of
story-telling; scars, epiphanies and transformative moments. Ice-breakers,
games and props supported the experience. 'Inspiring', was the feedback.
The second workshop moved past plot (after all, Jeffrey
Archer is the master of plot) to explore how moments are made vivid through
language. The group turned to memory here . Perhaps not all groups would, but
we did. Childhood cruelty and the tale of the solitary guineapig were the basis
for some memorable story-telling.
A terrific creative experience.
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