dogtraxI remember sitting on the floor, as my older brother took trumpet lessons and my dad sat, waiting, drumming out beats on his knees. When the lesson was done, the trumpet teacher and his wife, an elementary music teacher, came up to me, age 7, and asked, what instrument will you play when you are old enough? I didn't even hesitate: the saxophone. And so it was, with the trumpet teacher's wife - Mrs. Pontecorvo -- my first favorite teacher, the one who taught me how to make music. #smallstories
Tellio@dogtrax a music origin story, cool, now intermediated, intercogitated, and interpolated: https://youtu.be/gBWPjP_7K3c #smallstories @katebowles @Algot @Nomadwarmachine @sensor63 @taniasheko
Tania Sheko@taniasheko @tellio If you write one, we'll honor your writing, too. No pressure, tho. Just reciprocal thinking
@taniasheko @tellio I'd be lying if I said I knew all the rules (if there are any), other than to try to use the hashtag #smallstories I've been doing small slices of life.
Kate@dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko Here's the credited version of my thoughts on your thoughts. Interestingly I now can't remember why I gave it this title. But I'm thinking about hearing stories. So here it is. #smallstories https://mastodon.social/media/lcz5ZBjx7MpDATDvAfE
@katebowles @taniasheko @tellio Intriguing title. Is this due to the act of listening? (listening without sounds of the voice of the writer as auditory element?). I like the title and appreciate the craft of your piece.
@dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko I made one for @lauraritchie but I'm cautious about file size of all these videos. I wonder about a #smallstories remix repository. I know several here have been thinking about storycare. Me, I'm just loving this slow craft, like beading. @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson
@katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @lauraritchie @taniasheko @dogtrax Perhaps the simplest repository would be a YouTube playlist? Yeah, I know, sucks, but perhaps one of several digital spaces, redundancy and all.
@tellio @dogtrax @taniasheko @lauraritchie @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson That's a start. I have one for Laura. Where could I put it?
@katebowles @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @lauraritchie @dogtrax @tellio Where are you all taking the texts from?
Laura Ritchie 🌸@taniasheko many texts are from toots- just from our own stories. And the lovely thing is that people didn't 'plan' their stories to become anything more.
I love that smallstories has a humble beginning. @tellio @dogtrax @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson @katebowles
@lauraritchie @ShorterPearson @econproph @Tdorey @dogtrax @tellio @taniasheko
To me #smallstories have an accidental quality, a found moment in the day. Their smallness is this unintended/untended quality. They're not dinner table stories for me, or campfire tales, so much as a happenstance thing that someone stopped for.
But they're not the only way we tell stories and I feel myself now thinking about the overall weave of storying that makes a community come into itself.
@katebowles @taniasheko @dogtrax @Tdorey @econproph @ShorterPearson @lauraritchie My wife and I have a farm in southcentral Kentucky cave country. Shepherds have a great term for what you are describing--woolgathering. In bygone days, shepherds walked with their flocks and their frugal selves would gather stray bits of wool tugged off by brambles. Put them in a bag for later. Now I go woolgathering in the morning for #smallstories. I walk a bit in my mind. If I find some wool, I gather it.