> .. the movement’s insistence on the particularity of a specific landscape did not.. limit its appeal.. Standing Rock became a magnet for people from many countries and faith traditions... I do not need to be #Bandanese to understand what #GunungApi means to the islanders.. I do not need to be Greek to be moved by the #Iliad. It is empathy that makes it possible for humans to understand each other’s stories: this is why storytelling needs to be at the core of a global politics of vitality.

> This faculty is linked neither to blood nor to the soil: in humans— and for all we know, in other beings as well— the capacity for empathy is nurtured by stories.
> I do not need to be #Bandanese to understand what #GunungApi means to the islanders, just as I do not need to be Greek to be moved by the #Iliad. It is empathy that makes it possible for humans to understand each other’s stories... storytelling needs to be at the core of a global #PoliticsOfVitality.
#Stories #StoryTelling