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Pippin Spring 2021
Spring 2021
Volume 23, Issue 3
Pippin
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2021: A REVIEW
Stephanie Holt the land acknowledgement and a Zoom is different from in-person
gift of tobacco to ceremonial lead- events, and one of the perks of the
For an emerging storyteller, new
er, traditional teacher and healer, Zoom experience is the opportuni-
opportunities to attend storytelling
Kahontakwas Diane Longboat. ty to see the reactions of other au-
events are always a privilege. Orig-
Diane, a member of the Turtle dience members. Especially when
inally being from Toronto, I still
Clan and Mohawk Nation at Six Mairi Campbell played, it was up-
feel a strong connection to the city.
Nations Grand River Territory, lifting to see Dawne McFarlane
Traveling there from St. Thomas,
asked Dawne to give the tobacco, dancing with joyful engagement.
Ontario where I now live, is not
lying on a cedar bed, back to na- David Francis told the story of
possible right now because of
ture. Jack and the Dancing Trees. Cer-
COVID-19 restrictions, and even in
tain characters in the story re-
normal times can prove to be chal- I will highlight some of the stories
minded me of the Ents from J.R.R.
lenging. What an incredible joy I I was honoured to hear, events I
Tolkein’s books. Perhaps he took
felt when I read the Storytelling was grateful to attend and work-
inspiration from an old folk tale!
Toronto newsletter announcing shops I was privileged to partici-
the Toronto Storytelling Festival pate in. The entire festival was Some of the biggest messages I
would be held online this year. As I filled with amazing stories, conver- took away from the workshop,
perused the program, my list of sations, information and human Healing Stories, with Louise
events to attend grew and grew in connections. Profeit-Leblanc were : If you want
a way that wouldn’t have been pos- people to really listen to a particu-
The event Dancing Trees includ-
sible if I were attending in person. lar part of a story, whisper. You
ed stories told by Dawne McFar-
have to be patient for the story.
The opening address was a beauti- lane, Louise Profeit-Leblanc,
Being told a specific story at a cer-
ful start to the festival, introducing Shayna Jones and David Francis as
tain time in one’s life can contrib-
the theme of the festival, Listen- well as interpretive music from
ute to their healing journey by
ing to the Voices of Nature. Mairi Campbell in response to the
providing a message they need to
Artistic Director Dawn McFarlane stories. The energy level of this
hear.
set the tone for the festival with event was high. Storytelling on
continued on page 5
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Mary-Eileen McClear, 1948-2020…………………...2 Fringing During the Pandemic………………………..10
STT Tells: New Beginnings……………………………..6 A Good Talk Shortens the Road: Rita Cox…………11
StoryFusion Cabaret: Toronto, a Love Story……..7 Storytellers’ Game: a Myth Remix…………………...14
STT Board Profile: Rensia Melles…………………….8
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Pippin Spring 2021
A TRIBUTE TO MARY-EILEEN MCCLEAR, 1948-2021
Judy Caulfield, Co-chair Ba- ment of the space being shared
den Storytellers’ Guild with her husband who used it as a
workshop.) But eventually, Guild
“When I think back on Her warm smile greets you. Her
meetings, open storytelling –
first meeting Mary-Eileen, eyes sparkle. Each one who enters
I remember a calm grace feels special and welcomed at The known as First Friday - and work-
shops nudged Ted’s tools out. It
as she presided over First Story Barn. Listeners, experienced
tellers, beginning tellers - they all could accommodate 35 people
Friday. And while I
once bookshelves were put in. At
think of the Story Barn as feel at home. They come to the
an enveloping place with Story Barn – from Toronto, Missis- times, they had to turn people
away.
the stories circling and sauga, Brampton, Cambridge,
warming the evening, I Kitchener/Waterloo, Stratford, St. Mary-Eileen took on projects that
know that it was Mary- Thomas, St. Mary’s, and beyond. illuminated the people and eras.
Eileen’s personality that They know that the evening will be Her series of stories of the people
shone there, making it woven together magically by Mary- from The War of 1812 brought the
possible. Always welcom- Eileen. Anyone who is asked, de- era to life and gave new meaning
ing, always gracious and scribes Mary-Eileen’s warmth, gra- and understanding of what it was
generous with her teach- ciousness, and welcoming spirit. to live in those times. I recall her
ing about storytelling. telling of the Laura Secord story in
She was The HEART of our story-
telling community. 2012 at the fall storytelling festival
I can close my eyes right at the Sharon Temple Museum.
Mary-Eileen McClear made Cana- She dressed in a simple gown rep-
now and imagine myself
da her home in 1971. We are forev- resenting the era and told in the
back there on my first
er grateful for that. She had a voice of Laura Secord. It was com-
night and after that. And
Master’s degree in Library Science pelling.
the encouragement as I
from Western Michigan University
told a story that first night She contributed her skills to The
and had taken courses in drama.
as well as opportunities Walkerton Water Project in 2002
This prepared her for her unique
after that. It helped me where she skillfully led workshops
perspective as a storyteller. She
make the leap from story to help people tell their own story.
researched her stories in depth and
listener to guild member
she brought new perspectives to One day she confided to me that I
and to regular attendance
stories. Her characters came alive had told that evening one of her
there, times I looked for-
whether they were from folk tales favourite tales – King Cormac’s
ward to.
or from modern times. Cup - an Irish legend. She had of-
ten opened the season of The Story
I will miss her presence Mary-Eileen was committed to
storytelling and to the spread of Barn in September with a telling of
and I expect many mo-
King Cormac’s Cup. No doubt the
ments will come where I the art.
tale would have appealed to her
can point to a piece of She started the Baden Storytellers’ because of its Irish origins. Legend
learning and know where Guild in her home in Baden. Then, has it that King Cormac was a high
I got it.” when her husband Ted renovated King of Ireland who held court at
the second floor of their barn for Tara. From such legends Mary-
Carolyn Wilker, Chair family dinners at Thanksgiving, Eileen brought forth fine stories. I
of Baden’s Storytell- she moved the Guild there. And don’t know if I’d have dared to tell
ers’ Guild she invited people to open story- King Cormac’s Cup in front of
telling evenings the first Friday of Mary-Eileen if I’d known. But
each month from September to then, she was always so generous
June at The Second Story Work-
shop. (This was an acknowledge- continued on page 3
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A TRIBUTE TO MARY-EILEEN MCCLEAR CONTINUED
continued from page 2 searching a good story and making
it come alive.
in her encouragement. I need not
Advice that Mary-Eileen gave “My school, Millen Woods,
have worried.
which has always stayed with me: was opened in 2010. It is
Mary-Eileen was involved with “Bring your audience home safely.” located in Waterloo. Be-
schools from the early years. In- Mary-Eileen did that for us all. cause the school was built
deed, it was teachers’ invitations She shared her final journey with in a neighbourhood with
into their classrooms and their us – during COVID times – lots of nautical themes in
enthusiasm for her work that en- through The Caring Bridge on the the street names, the archi-
couraged her to think that a pro- Internet. She brought us to that tect designed the front of
fessional career was possible. She place safely. And she will always the school to look some-
continued to be involved in schools be with us – The Heart – of story- what like the prow of a
throughout her career. telling. Encouraging us on. ship. Mary-Eileen used
As a performer, Mary-Eileen was this theme to write a school
sought after. She performed from story called The Dreamer
1998 to 2003 at The National Arts and the Flying Ship, based
Fourth Stage at the Stratford on a Russian folk tale. Our
Shakespeare Festival. She told the whole character education
stories of the plays, the stories up- program was born out of
on which some of his plays were this tale. Many other sto-
based, and folktales reflected in ries told at the school over
the themes of various plays. She successive years [by school
did workshops on storytelling at principal: Gwen McCutch-
universities, for businesses, at sto- eon] were fit into the basic
rytelling conferences and festivals. frame as "stories told on
She was a Folk Artist in Residence the flying ship." Mary-
for Joseph Schneider Haus Muse- Eileen attended assemblies
um and National Historic Site in and ceremonies at the
2002 where she co-curated an ex- school, and contributed
hibit of family story artifacts, further projects, such as a
wrote a monograph entitled The cover of Mary-Eileen's story readers theatre script,
“Climbing Your Family Tree” and cassette, Oh, Canada! which the children loved!
initiated the Heart & Hand Story- Further Resources: Every child in the school
telling Festival. Always to acclaim. knew this story
Interview with Mary-Eileen
Her involvement went from local, as our story!”
McClear by Deborah Dunleavy:
to provincial to beyond our bor- The Story Bard of Baden. Pippin
ders. Gwen McCutcheon,
Vol.17, No.2
Former principal of
Even after her retirement as a pro-
SCCC website: Mary-Eileen wrote Milken Woods P.S. and
fessional storyteller, The Baden a quarterly review of storytelling former Baden Guild
Storytellers’ Guild persuaded Mary
materials from 1996 – 2000. It member
-Eileen to do a workshop on telling had subscribers across Canada, the
historic stories. She brought news
U.S. and four other countries. Al-
clippings and invited us to explore
most 250 books were reviewed.
the times, the people, and their
She donated these resources to
voices. She demonstrated getting
SCCC. They can be accessed on-
down to basics - finding and re- line in the Resources section.
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REMEMBERING MARY-EILEEN MCCLEAR
Carol Leigh Wehking and storytelling publications beyond Not only did Mary-Eileen tell
Brenda Byers the borders of Canada. Many of marvellous stories orally, they
the stories she told, in a remarka- flowed into other parts of her life.
Our storytelling community has
bly wide repertoire, were her own Mary-Eileen's gardens were one
lost one of its steadfast and
creations from historical or pre- of her delights. They tell beauti-
brightly shining stars: Mary-
sent-day incidents, or adapta- fully colourful stories of love, pa-
Eileen McClear died on Saturday
tions of folktales to suit the occa- tience, and perseverance, dotted
evening April 10, stolen from this
sion. here and there with whimsy and a
world by cancer,
sense of humour.
surrounded not on-
The lovingly tended
ly by her family, but
blooms were the
also by the cloud of
backdrop for Baden
witnesses of friends,
Storytellers' Guild
family, and story-
potlucks. There were
telling colleagues
fairy lights twinkling
who have loved and
from the trees above
admired her.
and the sound of a
Mary-Eileen was garden fountain
one of the finest trickling in the back-
tellers I have ground. For 23
known. She was years, listeners took
beautiful in all the the path through the
ways I know. As garden yard from
mentor to many, autumn until the
many tellers, she was a fine beginning of summer to the Story
Truly remarkable was Mary-
teacher and coach. Barn.
Eileen's ability to give critical
She developed the Story Barn in feedback to storytellers working Her contribution to storytelling
Baden, Ontario, the Baden Story- on their craft in a clear and kind in Ontario is immeasurable and
tellers Guild, and the regular sto- way that was penetrating and will be felt for generations. She
rytelling evenings at the Barn, as insightful, as well as respectful will be sorely missed as a story-
well as storytelling festivals, and and intelligent. She also had a teller, an animator, and most es-
storytelling and musical concerts, prodigious gift in creating, shap- pecially, as a friend.
there and elsewhere for decades. ing, and grooming a storytelling
Many of us will always remember concert, and was a gracious host
her masterful telling at the To- thereof. She knew how to do stuff Her family has suggested the
ronto Festival of Storytelling, in- right. following charities for those who
cluding when she was a fea- wish to make a memorial
tured teller in 2005. donation to honour her:
For many, many years she Storytellers of Canada-
published Second Story Re- Conteurs du Canada
view, and also wrote a regu-
lar column for Appleseed Canadian Red Cross
Quarterly, the Journal of
Canadian Storytelling. Over The Donkey Sanctuary of
her long career, she was also Canada
guest columnist and/or
guest editor for a number of other Baden’s original Story Barn
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STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2021: A REVIEW CONTINUED
continued from page 1 true hero is the one who listens to singing with a very grateful audi-
The Fire and Ice event featured the voice beyond the usual band- ence. The second Intercultural
more incredible interpretive mu- width of human experience.” Conversation was between Sti-
sic from Mairi Campbell. Of this Each year, I choose one word as a na Fargiton and Martha Kayak.
collection of terrific tales, two of focus for the year. A word to re- Again, two special individuals
the most memorable stories for late to with my creative efforts shared their time and opened up
me were from Sandra Whiting and my personal vision. In De- about the similarities between
who told of Anansi and Fire and cember 2020, I chose the word tales of their cultures about the
Lynn Torrie who told about The “Listen” for 2021. After Dan Northern Lights and other celes-
Binu Tree, bearer of beautiful Yashinsky’s workshop, I was re- tial bodies. Each shared a special
flowers. Celia Lottridge shared minded to listen well to each sto- piece of one tradition. Stina told
this gem of a thought: Our stories ry, and to listen well to the voices part of a yoik (a native Sami mu-
go somewhere, even when we of nature around me, based on sical expression) and Martha
don’t know where. the theme of the festival and as a shared a brief piece of one-sided
personal intention. After this throat singing. What an incredi-
25 Years of Queers In Your
workshop, I was much more at- ble honour to witness both.
Ears featured a talented line-up
tuned to the ways other events
of tellers willing to dare greatly. Dawn McFarlane and Mairi
highlighted the theme of the festi-
The vulnerability of each individ- Campbell facilitated the work-
val.
ual evoked many emotions. From shop Taproot. This workshop
grief, to shock, to sadness, to tri- At Birds Aloft and Sea Below, allowed me to experience a great
umph and even humour. we were all treated to some pow- release of energy, connection to
erful stories told by skilled indi- others and the urge to get up and
The Earth Rumbles featured
viduals. Shayna Jones told They move! The various activities al-
the York Storytelling Guild. Nata-
Say the People Could Fly, an Afri- lowed me to connect with other
sha Charles told the origin story
can tale. After hearing her dy- participants and see their way of
of the Pigeons of Krakau and
namic telling of this moving sto- thinking.
Lynn Torrie shared The Man
ry, all I could say was Wow!
Who Could Call Down Owls, with Itah Sadu hosted the event Love
Wow! Wow! Wow!
permission from author Eve Your World. Her dynamic ener-
Bunting. The Arts Grants for Storytell- gy created delicious segues be-
ers event was a generous gift. So tween delightful stories, includ-
In addition to the land acknowl-
much information to take in! The ing a telling from Bob Barton
edgement shared at the begin-
contact information shared by all about a Porcelain Bowl with a
ning of every event, at the Sto-
of the panelists was an excellent Phoenix inside. This story was
ries of Course event, Stella
addition to what they each inspired by a visit to the Gardiner
Patheniou Grasso shared a de-
shared. Ceramic Museum. I had never
tailed water acknowledgement,
heard of it, and now I definitely
something I was fascinated to Two events of note were Inter-
want to visit!
hear for the first time. cultural Conversations. The
first one, Story and Song, was a The Closing Song and Ad-
For me, one event refined the
conversation between Stephen dress was bittersweet. After
theme of the 2021 Toronto Story-
Kakfwi and David Francis. Their weeks of incredible events, I was
telling Festival. Dan Yashinsky
mutual curiosity and shared re- physically and mentally exhaust-
taught a workshop called Story-
spect allowed for an amazing ed while at the same time, exhila-
tellers Game: A Myth Remix.
sharing of their love of music. rated. The gathering of everyone
From this workshop I took away a
Stephen shared his admiration for this event energized me one
broadening of the theme for the
for the lyrics of Bob Dylan. Both last time and drew me in to move
festival, Listening to the Voices of
individuals shared a bit of their
Nature. Dan Yashinsky said “The
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FESTIVAL CONTINUED STORYTELLING TORONTO TELLS:
continued from page 5
NEW BEGINNINGS
with others from around the It’s almost trite to speak of “new two older ones are so beautiful
beginnings” in springtime – na- that they are sure that they de-
world whom I had been blessed
ture, as always, bursts forth with serve to marry princes....yet they
to connect with. Storytellers, mu-
new life after a period of sleep are so impractical that their un-
sicians, workshop facilitators, and darkness. While we can cel- attractive but clever little sister,
audience members and partici- ebrate the lengthening days and Red Maureen, must go along to
pants all gathered around their the sight of colourful blooms and protect them. She manages to
screens to engage in exercises blossoms, 2021 offers a new and outwit a family of giants, win the
which drew us all together in difficult challenge to pull our- favour of the king, and secure a
ways I have never experienced selves out of the collective crisis prince for each of them. True
through Zoom. I was pleased to of the past year. As we pass the love breaks the spell on her and
see the faces of people who also one-year mark of COVID-19 with she becomes as beautiful as she
belong to the Baden Storytellers its toll on lives and livelihoods, is smart, ready for another new
Guild. I was pleased to see the we can empathize with story pro- beginning with her prince.
tagonists striving for better
faces of teachers from Storytell- In “Mother Teresa and Me,”
times.
ing Toronto who have taught Rubena Sinha vividly por-
classes I attended before the fes- trayed her life in India and her
tival. I was grateful to see so move to Canada. Rubena was
many of the storytellers I had reluctant about her “new begin-
As part of World Storytelling ning” in another country, but
admired throughout the festival.
Day 2021 on March 25, STT pre- chance words of encouragement
During the singing of Auld Lang sented a special version of To- from the legendary nun – not
Syne, it was no surprise that my ronto Tells along the theme of once but twice! – helped her not
face was not the only one stream- “New Beginnings.” Three local just to accept but embrace the
ing with tears of joy, connection, and one international teller transition.
and gratitude. I will be forever shared traditional tales and per-
sonal stories about being in a Ariel Balevi told “The Yellow
grateful that I was able to attend
seemingly hopeless situation, but Pavillion,” from the 13th century
so many of the events this year. I
then finding a way to make a sig- Persian Haft Paykar (Seven
will be looking forward to attend- nificant change and break the Thrones) by Niāmī Ganjavī. In
ing future festivals, whether they spell. this story within a story within a
be online or in-person. Also, I am story, an ill-fated king conquers
definitely interested in taking Gaurav Madan bravely related
fear and loneliness. Through the
how as a desperately lonely and
more classes through Storytellers story cycle, the Sassanian ruler
isolated foreign student he had
Toronto. Bahram Gur visits seven pavil-
considered taking drastic and
ions over the course of a week,
Stephanie Holt, a member of the potentially tragic action. During
seeking to drown his feelings in
Baden Storytellers Guild based his first few months in Canada, a
meaningless encounters. In this
in Waterloo, is an emerging sto- violent encounter had him liter-
particular tale, he discovers on
ryteller. Originally from Toron- ally running for his life, later
Sunday a concubine unlike the
plunging him into depression.
to, Stephanie now lives in St. others. She challenges his no-
Storytelling helped draw him
Thomas, Ontario where she tions of power, intimacy, and
away from the abyss - he was
works part-time at the St. love; together they are at last
able to take a chance at living for
Thomas Public Library. Stepha- able to forge a new and hopeful
another day, seeing a possible
nie’s fascination with language future.
future and experiencing hope.
has fueled her interest in writing
With thanks to event curator
short stories and learning about Lynn Torrie told the tale of
Eden Nameri, host Donna
oral storytelling. “Red Maureen.” Three sisters
Dudinsky, and tech person
want a new beginning and so set
Meryl Arbing. AF
out to seek their fortunes. The
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STORYFUSION CABARET:
TORONTO, A LOVE STORY IN WORDS AND MUSIC
tures from around the world rep- what really happened to the light-
Toronto, a love story in
resented in Toronto. As acting house keeper who mysteriously
words and music took place
“Mayor” of the pavilion, he met disappeared in 1815.
on February 11, hosted by Toron-
the real mayor, David Crombie,
to cabaret performer and histori- Montreal native Donna
and ended up winning runner-up
an, Bruce Bell and featuring Dudinsky’s introduction to To-
as Caravan mayor of the year!
members of the Backseat Ballad- ronto included an epic quest to
eers telling tales and sharing Suburbanite Heather Whaley find a proper bagel (spoiler alert:
songs about 'Toronto the reminisced in song about coming Toronto doesn’t have one), which
Good' (and not-so-good), and into Toronto in 2010 to be part of taught her just how far north the
original comic ditties written by a fundraising gala at the Glad- Bathurst St bus runs.
Canadian musical-theatre legend, stone Hotel. Timidly setting out
Pat Bisset brought more history
Jim Betts. to explore the cafes, boutiques
with a “genuine fake” original
and counter-culture of Queen
Not your traditional romances, ballad about sung and unsung
Street West, she discovers, some-
these tales focused on what the heroes. William Ward (of Ward’s
where between Fashion Crimes
tellers love about the city itself, Island fame) and Robert Berry (a
and the Bovine Sex Club, a sense
warts and all. For some it was Black fisherman and champion
of artistic freedom:
personal; for others, a oarsman) came to the
chance to share what rescue when the
makes the city - and schooner Jane Anne
the experience of living Marsh was stranded off
in it - unique. In be- the Toronto Islands
tween tellers, host during a violent winter
Bruce Bell took us storm in December
back in time to delve 1868. Ten ice-covered
into stories behind To- men were plucked from
ronto landmarks, in- the stricken craft, two
cluding the 401 and the by two, over seven gru-
Masonic Temple. eling hours, then fer-
Yeah, you can be whatever you ried via skiff to the Ward house to
Ballad singer Kim Michele want to be recover.
opened with Jim Betts’ original
song, Fall in Love with Toronto. You can do whatever makes you Jim Betts rounded out the even-
feel free
ing with original songs, including
Meryl Arbing offered a histori- You can wear high-fashion boots
one about Love Crescent (the on-
cal take, with a little known but over your knees ly Toronto street with “love” in
truly unique story of the Toronto
Or Rag and Bone jackets and the name) . He expressed the
Circus Riot of 1855 (aka Clowns edgy APCs thoughtful desire, “May your love
vs Firefighters), which led to the
overhaul of the corrupt Orange- Or just hang-out in blue jeans in go on like Yonge St” - a true To-
‘Blues’ bars ronto blessing if ever there was
men-dominated police force, and
one!
an ode to the infamous Don Jail. Create art for galleries and café
walls With thanks to Paul Aflalo for
Briane Nasimok recalled his
Sport your cool pixie ankle bow technical support. AF
experience of playing Falstaff as boots on street cars
part of the COC’s Toronto Pavil- Next up:
lion at Caravan, an early multi- You can sing and jam at open
mics till the wee hours ... StoryFusion Cabaret joins Ca-
cultural festival dreamed up dur- nadian Stage’s Dream in High
ing the late 1960s to introduce Karen Blair looked behind the
Park festival on July 7.
WASPy Torontonians to the legend of the haunted lighthouse
sights, sounds and tastes of cul- on Toronto Island, trying to solve
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STT BOARD PROFILE: RENSIA MELLES, PRESIDENT
Rensia Melles succeeded Paul had taken acting classes, the most school in Rotterdam. The school
Robert as President of Storytell- important lesson I learned is that had invited an English-speaking
ing Toronto at last year’s AGM. I am no good at acting, but my storyteller for a performance. I
We invited her to tell us a bit supervisor-to-be only asked if I remember that he told the Edgar
more about herself, before and could act— not how good I was at Allan Poe story of the monkey
after joining STT, and what the it! paw. I loved it.
future holds for the organization. Over time I went from counsellor So, I always liked the idea of sto-
What is your background? to clinical supervisor, to oversee- rytelling and was interested, but
ing the clinical department and I it wasn’t until I had more time
I am Canadian/Dutch. My par-
ents were Dutch immigrants who got to go international with the and went through a bunch of life
changes about five years ago
ended up living in Hamilton
where I was born. When I that I actively revisited the
idea of storytelling. I went
was 10 our family relocated
to 1001 Friday Nights of
back to the Netherlands,
where I went to high school Storytelling, where I found
the people to be very wel-
and university to study psy-
chology. Those were very coming. I feel I should men-
tion Anna Kerz, June
formative years. I came
back to Canada on my own Brown and Donna
Dudinsky, who went out
in my late 20s and have
of their way to be encourag-
lived here since. My first
ing and who are a big rea-
real job in Canada was as a
son I continued to come and
counsellor at Ontario Fami-
ly Guidance Center (OFGC), eventually went from listen-
er to teller.
working with mandated cli-
ents from the Ministry of Now I am a member of the
Corrections assaultive men York Storytelling Guild and
and youth offenders in open cus- company. I loved the travel participate in their concerts. I
and meeting and working with
tody. I was really fortunate to be occasionally host or co-host 1001
partners and customers all
able to grow with them; I am now Friday Nights online. I have to
around the world. I did leave
a workplace psychological health admit that with life getting busy
counselling behind after about 10
and safety consultant. and also with shifting to zoom, I
years because there was no time am having a harder time to find
When I met with the recruiter at to keep it up on the side. I stayed
my voice for telling. I am looking
OFGC he asked me very few ques- with the company for 25 years.
forward to live telling again. I
tions and the main question he
asked was, “Can you act?” As I How did you become inter- like telling stories that present
ested in storytelling? things from an unexpected per-
had been in the high school dra-
ma club and taken acting classes I have always been involved with spective. I’ve told two small per-
sonal stories – both on the fly and
while in university I said “yes.” theatre one way or an other, from
kind of funny and enjoyed doing
Years later when I asked him failed actress to volunteering at a
that. My first question with a sto-
why he asked me about acting small theatre. I’m actually proud
ry is always: what is underneath
and he said he couldn’t think of that I was the first female light
anything else as it was clear that I technician traveling with a thea- the story? What’s the theme, the
takeaway? (I guess that’s the psy-
had very limited experience as a ter group in the Netherlands.
counsellor but he thought I could chologist in me!) I find
My first encounter with storytell- that’s easier to define when I’m
be a good therapist. Against all ing came when I was still in high
odds I got the job! Even though I continued on page 9
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continued from page 8 At the festival this year I enjoyed As the president, I am excited
all of the events I attended. One about the creative possibilities
looking at existing stories than that stood out as a role model for that lie before us. The biggest
when I’m looking at creating a me was the telling by Chirine El challenge is to preserve and hon-
story about a personal experi- Ansary, who wove her tale of our the history and learnings
ence. Cairo through layers of stories from the past while also expand-
What types of stories do you that let me “see” Cairo as I fol- ing and moving forward into a
lowed her through the streets. different social context. This is a
like to listen to? What tellers
inspire you? Her style of telling kept you mov- context where our grantors have
ing along with her. clearly indicated the need for di-
For me it’s not about a type or verse and inclusive representa-
genre of story; it’s about a story tion, where young people are ask-
that ties together and engages me ing for increased focus on person-
on a journey, in my mind’s eye, al telling, and where we need to
emotionally or philosophically. learn to leverage digital platforms
And it’s about a teller who can to our best advantage.
bring me along on that journey.
The tellers who inspire me to do I feel we are at a crossroads be-
tween holding onto the familiar
better with my own telling really
show the power of a good telling and embracing change, to do this
well we need to reflect on our
and a well-crafted story, whether
craft and our purpose.
it’s a 99-second story, a personal
story, or a traditional tale. On the practical side, to keep the
STT vision and advocacy for oral
And then there are tellers that
storytelling alive, we need to at-
impress me with their abandon to
tract new and diverse members
use their voice, to sing and to
which means change - and
move around in telling - like Eric
Borrias, Peter Chand, and change is always uncomfortable
to go through. I’m thrilled that we
Itah Sadu. I’m a fan without
trying to emulate them. have been able to make Debra
Baptiste the (interim) Executive
The tellers at the York Guild in- Director to help guide and move
spire me to keep growing, with this along. I’m hoping that we
their ability to tell a story on the will be able to bridge the past and
spot or to make up a new story How did you become in-
the future to make STT more in-
seemingly out of thin air. I am volved in Storytelling Toron- teresting and inspiring for all of
inspired by tellers who grasp the to? What are you are most
our membership – and beyond.
essence of their story and who excited about?
What’s up next?
work it to make everything come I became involved with STT
together to convey that es- through Anna Kerz, who was a I am looking forward to our fall
sence. Briane Nasimok invited one-woman task force to get peo- AGM and hoping that there will
me to come to a 99-second story ple to put themselves in the STT be a larger turnout than usual.
contest he was participating in. It directory. I went along to some We have a lot to share with the
was an eye-opening event that board meetings with her and one membership, two new board
helped me understand how im- thing led to another, from general members to introduce, a great
portant it is to define the essence board member to secretary and discussion to have about where
of what you want to tell and now president. STT is heading for the future.
achieve.
9
Pippin Spring 2021
FRINGING DURING THE PANDEMIC
Briane Nasimok got closer to the mid-June dates of a number of tales that I had
of the Fringe, it became apparent told in venues, surrounded by
In October of 2019, I entered and
that we would not be allowed to warm bodies and somewhat live
won a position in the Ottawa
have an audience in venues so we audiences, and perhaps I could
Fringe Festival (for their 2020
were given the option of pre- interweave those.
Festival. For those of you who do
recording; pre-recording in one
not know, getting a spot in a Paul Aflalo of Replay sent me a
of their venues or passing on per-
Fringe Festival is based com- copy of a story I did for his show;
forming for another year.
pletely on luck – a lottery. I went to YouTube and liberat-
ed my favourite story about a
Back in 2015 I started
great love; I added two of the
“Confessions of an Operatic
videos of stories that I had
Mute”, my one-person Fringe
told at the Hamilton Fringe as
show which has not only
part of a show called “Izzy and
toured to four other Fringes,
the Naz” (you can guess which
but was also the impetus for
one I was); went into my ar-
me getting back to storytelling
chives for some bits and I re-
– but that’s another story.
recorded stories that I had
My goal in Ottawa was to re- done at 1001 Friday Nights
mount “Confessions”. Each and our monthly show. I
time I had done the show at a leaned on an old friend whom
Festival I made changes, usu- I worked with at YTV, Dave
ally for the better. When I got Beatty to co-produce and di-
to Winnipeg, the second stop on Briane as Operatic Mute rect the effort and recorded the
Canadian tour, I re-wrote the opening and closing in my back
opening and after playing at The- I decided to pre-record here in yard.
atre Passe Muraille in Toronto, I Toronto, but due to the COVID-
And thus a 50-minute Fringe
had a new closing. 19 rules, the venue that I wanted
show was born. (This year’s
to use could not accommodate
Everything was set for the 2020 Fringe runs June 17-27, 2021)
me. I didn’t want to give up the
Ottawa Fringe: a place to stay for
spot and knew “Confessions of an An epilogue of sorts…
free, a local stage manager who
Operatic Mute” really needs a
would share in the profits, an in- In 2019 I had also applied to the
stage and live audience. And thus
expensive train ticket booked 2020 Toronto Fringe, with a
“Now Where Was I?” was ac-
during a sale – there was just one show that I titled “Now Where
tually born.
problem: COVID-19. In 2020, the Was I?”, because I was not exact-
Ottawa Fringe held out as long as With all the experience I have ly sure what it was going to be. I
they could, but decided to cancel had in the last 14 months, co- didn’t get in. In May 2021 I was
the Festival and give us a refund. producing and co-hosting a informed that I got into the To-
We were told our place would be monthly series “But That’s An- ronto Fringe, which will happen
held for the next Festival if we other Story” (more about that in the middle of July. So instead
wanted. I wanted. later), my belief was that one per- of re-recording parts of my Otta-
son telling directly to camera for wa show, I decided to put togeth-
At the beginning of this year, the
50 minutes could be boring very er a special Festival edition of
Ottawa Fringe held an on-line
quickly. So I thought, why not “But That’s Another Story” with
meeting to go over the possibili-
shoot a series of my stories, in Christel Bartelse. More infor-
ties. At that time there was hope
different locations and string mation on that and our monthly
we would be in venues, so once
them together? And then I real- show will be available on but-
again I gathered my team. As we
ized that I had video recordings thatsanotherstory.ca.
10Pippin Spring 2021
A GOOD TALK SHORTENS THE ROAD: RITA COX WITH LORNE BROWN
Originally in Appleseed community was even higher. If tune. We still remain interested
Quarterly V.3-4 (1993) my library was a place of literacy, parents, but the work of it is be-
it should be encouraging illiterate ing done much more effectively
[Editor’s note: This issue’s dive
people to become literate. I by community organizations.
into the archives was selected by
STT Festival Artistic Director, thought the library could act as a LB: The library you inherited
catalyst, a facilitator in develop-
Dawne McFarlane. Rita has ap- from the equally legendary Alice
peared at many Festivals over ing a literate community. Kane.
the years, most recently as part With the help of many people, my RC: I certainly did.
of the 1001 Friday Nights event. colleagues in the Metro Toronto
Lorne Brown and Rita Cox were Movement for Literacy, a woman LB: One of the things I feel so
Co-Chairs of the Storytellers called Sydney Pratt who was very pleased about – other libraries
School of Toronto for several active in the west end, and many are busy getting videos, movies,
years.] people, we started. […] With Syd- comic books, and all kinds of
ney’s help and Andrew Davidson, “popular” stuff, but you have
Lorne Brown: You have re-
we trained volunteers – teachers, kept books as something a li-
cently been awarded an honor-
people in churches, and so on. brary should have.
ary degree.
When we got them trained, we RC: I think that’s the basis. I be-
Rita Cox: It was an honorary matched them with people. […] lieve we have to do things better
degree of letters from the Faculty The volunteers grew and ran a
and we have to do more with less,
of Education of York University summer program. […] We had so that the technological advanc-
in Toronto. the help and support of Helen es are an aid to us. They will help
LB: Why such an honour? Banks, the Area West Superinten- us. They will help us to give in-
dent for the Toronto Board of formation more quickly, to get
RC: For my work as a librarian
Education, Graham Cottee, the books more quickly, to look up all
for many years, for my work with
rector of St Marks, people like kinds of references, but I still
the community for many years,
that who thought it was a won- maintain a library remains a
and for my work as a storyteller.
derful idea. Soon with their en- place where the word is im-
LB: Your work here in the Park- thusiastic recommendations we portant, and people are im-
dale Library has become the stuff got our first grant. When summer portant, and bringing people and
of legend. One thing that’s very was over we said, “What now?” books together is, to me, the basis
near and dear to you is the liter- This made us look at community of the library. It is a community
acy project. involvement in a larger way. And place where people meet people.
RC: Literacy was established at so Parkdale Project Read soon
LB: What you say is so logical it
the Parkdale Library long before became a steering committee seems strange that it is so rare
it became popular. A woman which developed ways to turn it
nowadays.
named Audrey Thomas did a into a full-fledged community
RC: I have a long set of experi-
study which told us all that one in operation.
ences to be able to say with confi-
five Canadians is functionally LB: How many people come to it
dence and without a doubt that it
illiterate. That remains the same now?
works.
today. I was very active in the
RC: Over a hundred. There are
beginning of the Metro Toronto LB: Hear! Hear! You’ve been in-
people who meet one on one,
Movement for Literacy, so I was volved in all sorts of other arts
women’s groups. It’s funded by
thinking about how it related to groups, people on the radio, that
different levels of government,
my work in the library. I did a you’ve been a mentor to.
the United Way. I’m still fully
similar study with the help of
involved and the staff, but it’s as RC: I like to see people develop.
some of my colleagues and real-
if we gave birth, nurtured, and
ized the ratio in the Parkdale continued on page 11
now it’s gone off to seek its for-
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A GOOD TALK SHORTENS THE ROAD: RITA COX CONTINUED
continued from page 11 our stories to be shared that the when day came. Parents wanted
church hall, the auditorium, the to tell you, “Don’t talk to
When people expressed an inter- church basement, that becomes strangers!” and mother had a
est or I could see potential, I say, the new backyard, that is our new rule, “Never go to new neigh-
“I think you could be a storyteller. kitchen table. It is a new way of bours’ houses until I know who
Why don’t you join the Storytell- sharing our stories. they are first. Crab walk until it
ers School of Toronto? get in the pot!” Well, not
Why don’t you go to only were we told the story
[1001] Friday Nights and about the crab but we used to
hear stories told? Why go catching crabs on moonlit
don’t you go with me to nights on the beach and as
the US and the Black Sto- soon as they stuck their little
rytelling Festival?” En- heads out of their holes, we
couraging people who picked them up and put them
have the potential. I’ve in our buckets and took them
changed people’s careers home to have a meal of
altogether. crabs. That’s how we spoke.
People said, “If your neigh-
LB: You’ve been involved
bour’s house is on fire, put
in Caribana.
water on yours!” and you
RC: Yes, from the begin- knew you learned from other
ning. people’s mistakes. It seemed
LB: And Cumbayah. it was one constant story.
RC: The Cumbayah Festi- I remember my brother and
val is to me a real land- me standing on the bed in
mark. It changed a great our parents’ room. That was
many things in the Black a stage. Our neighbours who
community. It showed were maiden ladies came
them a way to do things. It was Image by Maria Papaefstathiou over and we had a concert. We’d
to me an outstanding event. It stand on the bed and do our per-
was a breakthrough. Similar In these days when the news is so formance and bow, and they’d
events have happened many gloomy, when we have so many clap, and them we’d have cake
times since that. People still re- things to be concerned about that and ice cream. It was just at
member it very fondly. we didn’t have to in simpler home, you see.
times, I think going back to sto- On a moonlit night when the chil-
LB: You can’t think of Rita Cox
ries is a wonderful way of coming
and not think of storytelling. dren got together, we didn’t know
together again. anything about television, we told
You probably got your ground-
ing in storytelling in Trinidad. I grew up with people telling me each other stories or riddles or
stories all the time. Often they jokes. Sometimes we did singing
RC: I grew up with stories. I’ve
were cautionary tales - I knew games, ring games.
always heard stories. We’re be-
when my mother was going to he
ginning to come back to the LB: How did you find the story-
mad at me because she said,
kitchen table and the back yard. telling activity in Toronto?
“Monkey knows what tree to
People say, “I don’t think of sto- RC: I came to Boys’ and Girls’
climb!” or “Night run till day
rytelling as something you per- House that had a reputation of
catch it!” and I knew night was
form – you just do it! I respond sharing literature.
ending soon, day was coming,
there’s such a growing need for
and I was going to get a spanking continued on page 13
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A GOOD TALK SHORTENS THE ROAD: RITA COX CONTINUED
continued from page 12 inspired us. The TPL still has a
From Toronto News Wire:
strong tradition of storytelling.
LB: that was more than just a We still train storytellers. We Dr. Rita Cox, who was born in
coincidence. have many new young storytellers Trinidad, joined the Toronto
who are just as enthusiastic about Public Library as a children’s
RC: Right. I was in New York – I
it. They are participating in the librarian in 1960 and in 1972
studied under Augusta Baker.
things outside the library and the became the head of the Park-
She met me in Trinidad. I was a
enrich the library because of it. dale branch. She pioneered the
young girl, working in the library
They are keeping up the tradition. ‘Black Heritage and West In-
after school and she wanted to
dian Resource Collection’. Re-
make sure she did a lot of story- LB: That’s good to know.
named the ‘Rita Cox Black and
telling. She invited all the schools
RC: I think of the TPL as a sort of Caribbean Heritage Collec-
to the library. That was her tradi- forerunner to The Storytellers tion,’ it now contains more
tion in New York, so she asked a
School of Toronto. A lot of our than 16,000 books, DVDs,
few of us to tell stories at a big
libraries are participating in the CDs, newspapers and maga-
performance. It was a great expe- activities of the School. I see a zines.
rience telling stories in a big audi-
close relationship. But now we
torium full of people. I loved do- In 1984, Cox established
have spread our wings; we enjoy
ing it. She said to me, “You have “Cumbayah,” a successful fes-
telling stories to adults. I heard
a gift. I think you should hone tival of Black heritage and
Freida Ling say she has a wider
it.” Well, it was with her help I storytelling. She even au-
scope because she has a wider
went to study I the US. From thored a children’s book enti-
audience.
there I went back home. I’d tled “How Trouble Made the
heard about Boys’ and Girls’ LB: As you look into your crystal Monkey Eat Pepper.”
House and since I’d trained as a ball are you optimistic or pessi-
Cox ensured TPL’s storytelling
children’s librarian I wrote and mistic about storytelling?
legacy by training a new gen-
applied for a job. RC: I’m very optimistic. I see it eration of storytellers, many
I knew I was coming to a place spreading. I see constituencies of whom are current library
that valued excellence, that was that never though to storytelling staff. Always encouraging
interested in children’s literature, before asking to have stories told. young people to learn, she re-
that insisted on good storytelling. When York University insists on tired from the library in 1995.
There was no question – if you a story being told at the Convoca- Soon after she was appointed
were a children’s librarian you tion – I don’t think that ever hap- a citizenship court judge by
told stories. Not videos, not pened before, an Anansi story the government of Canada.
films… told at a Convocation It was very
She has won numerous
well received.
LB: Stories – awards, was appointed a
LB: You told me once of a colour- Member of the Order of Cana-
RC: Stories. Every Saturday af-
ful Parkdale character who wan- da for her outstanding work
ternoon you had a room full of dered in off the street. He was in storytelling and literacy,
children for the story hour.
dressed like a cowboy: cowboy and was the recipient of Hon-
LB: I look back on that as the hat, vest, bandana, shirt, jeans, ourary Degrees from York
“golden age.” chaps, boots, spurs, leather belt. and Wilfrid Laurier Universi-
RC: With the example of Alice RC: I can see him now. He came ties. Cox has even had a city
Kane, Frances Trotter, Helen up to the desk and asked, “Where park named after her - the
Armstrong. I feel so fortunate to are the books about Indians?” Rita Cox Park on Machells
have come at the end of that Ave, just north of Lamport
(The interview ends in gales of
“golden age.” Those people really Stadium.
laughter…)
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STORYTELLERS’ GAME: A MYTH REMIX
[Editor’s note: Dan Yashinsky though I would passionately like speak from beyond our custom-
led a workshop at the 2021 To- to learn how. Sometimes it seems ary bandwidth of perception.
ronto Storytelling Festival. As like my entire training and life as We’ll gather episodes of Listener,
inspiration, he shared his essay a contemporary storyteller has the myth-hero of our myth-to-be,
of the same name, first published brought me to the very edge of from around a summer camp
in Swimming with Chaucer - A what could be, once we start, an campfire, from traditional fairy
Storyteller's Logbook(Insomniac exhilarating, timely, even neces- tales, by a crib in the neo-natal
Press). Here is the first half of sary game. But perhaps counting intensive care unit, on the banks
down to the game’s launch is the of the Yukon River, and in a myr-
the essay; the conclusion will
best we can do for now. iad of moments in life and litera-
appear in the Summer issue of
ture. And, as we collect these ex-
Pippin.] “With myths,” Italo Calvino sug-
amples of listening, we’ll imagine
gests in Six Memos for the Next
Dan Yashinsky that they form part of a myth;
Millennium, “one should not be
that is, that they are part of a cy-
“Go on listening, carefully, re- in a hurry.” Myth, like all oral
cle of mysterious, long, intercon-
spectfully. After a while the earth narrative, is slow literature.
nected, useful stories that speak
feels free to speak.”
9) Discovering how Listener about extreme and necessary ex-
Mario Vargas Llosa, The Story- could be the heart and hero periences in human and beyond-
teller of a new myth, and why such a human life, stories that are meant
myth may be worth learning and to be told by word-of-mouth.
10) “Listener was going
telling in today’s world, will take
along … “ Speaking of telling, there is a
us, via a meandering route, to the
large body of writing that de-
The game might begin something very edge of our storytelling
scribes myth, both ancient and
like that. In our storytelling knowledge and beyond. This is,
“new”, in terms of psychology,
game, we’ll be making believe after all, a new game, and, alt-
planetary health, social justice,
that we are modern myth-tellers. hough myth-telling has certainly
mysticism, ecological awareness,
We’ll also pretend that our new thrived for long stretches of hu-
political change, etc. In most of
myth features a mysterious force man history, we have little evi-
these contemporary studies, trea-
called Listener. We could call our dence of societies recasting them-
tises, and manifestos, the orality
game: Let’s tell a myth in the ear- selves as myth-keeping cultures.
of myth is missing in action.
ly twenty-first century. Or: Let’s We’ve chronicled many instances
Myth is understood, in these ac-
try telling each other mysterious, of the erosion of myth and oral
counts, as something distant, in-
useful, memorable stories about tradition, but we’ve rarely imag-
ert, an object of study that stays
the power of listening and imag- ined how a culture could move
safely remote in its own world
ine they are parts of a long, inter- towards myth, or how storytellers
rather than demanding a life-
connected narrative. Or we could could reinvent themselves as
changing presence in ours. Yet, if
just start playing and figure out myth-tellers. Our literary and
the word-of-mouth quality of
what to call the whole thing later. anthropological accounts note the
myth means anything, it must
death and dying of myth-telling,
“Our modern alienation from mean that myth is always in
but not its potential for rediscov-
myth is unprecedented,” grimly transit from a teller to a listener,
ery. Our game, when we start
warns Karen Armstrong in A who will become the next teller,
playing it, will lead us into new
Short History of Myth. This and so on. Myth is always in need
and unprecedented cultural terri-
means that, even if we want to of a voice, a listener, an occasion
tory.
learn how to be myth-tellers, we in which to be given utterance.
don’t really know the rules of the Later in this essay, I’ll exercise Although we paradoxically meet
game, or what needs to happen dealer’s choice and propose that myth mostly in written form,
next, or where the whole thing in our myth-telling game we myth is a form of oral narrative,
will wind up. And I should prob- agree to tell stories about listen- meant to be spoken aloud from
ably admit right away that I’ve ing, and in particular the possibil- teller to listener within communi-
never played this game myself, ity of listening to voices that continued on page 15
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STORYTELLERS’ GAME: A MYTH REMIX CONTINUED
continued from page 14 ical tribe. We need myths from a faraway time and place.
that help us to realize the We don’t have to observe or spec-
ties that prize their disciplined importance of compassion, ulate about what a new myth
ability to remember such stories which is not always regard- could or should do and be. We
for immensely long periods of ed as sufficiently produc- simply have to play a myth-telling
history. tive or efficient in our game we’ve never played before.
pragmatic, rational world.
So myths are for telling, and our And speaking of challenges, I sus-
We need myths that help
new myth – assuming we can pect we’d all agree with Arm-
us to create a spiritual atti-
learn to play the role of myth- strong that we (we: modern, ur-
tude, to see beyond our
tellers — will have to speak to us, ban, industrial, computerized
immediate requirements,
first of all, through our own voic- folk) live in a world that feels im-
and enable us to experi-
es. The counsel of an oral story, possibly distant from the kinds of
ence a transcendent value
writes Walter Benjamin, is not oral cultures where myth is told,
that challenges our solip-
revealed as the answer to a ques- heard, and lived by. “Because a
sistic selfishness. We need
tion, but rather as “a proposal people coevolve with their habi-
myths that help us to ven-
concerning the continuation of a tat,” writes Sean Kane in Wisdom
erate the earth as sacred
story which is just unfolding. To of the myth-tellers, “because
once again instead of
seek this counsel one would first they walk the paths their ances-
merely using it as a
have to be able to tell the sto- tors walked, myth-telling as-
‘resource.’ This is crucial,
ry.” (Illuminations) So now, by sumes that the stories already
because unless there is
acknowledging myth’s spoken- exist in nature, waiting to be
some kind of spiritual rev-
aloud force and form, we are up- overheard by humans who will
olution that is able to keep
ping the ante. In our new myth, listen for them.” He is writing
abreast of our technologi-
Listener will not only be going about hunting/gathering societies
cal genius, we will not save
along, launching, blessing, ani- quite remote from our age,
our planet.” (A Short His-
mating, and teaching us to em- marked as it is by a vast discon-
tory of Myth)
body an extraordinary quality of nect from the idea that nature
listening; these remarkable, This is a fairly grand, world- holds necessary wisdoms, and
mythic adventures of listening mending order, especially if you that our ancestors once believed
will have to be worthy of oral nar-consider that, by her own ac- it was good to overhear and par-
ration. count, we don’t live in an age that take in those deeply rooted sto-
knows much about myth, myth ries.
8) But before Listener can go
telling, and myth listening. How,
along, let’s consider the chal- This divide is real. We know there
one may well wonder, can we in-
lenges of playing this partic- have been many places and times
vent such an ambitious myth
ular game. There are many, and societies where myth-telling
nowadays, however desperate we
even before we begin. For one was an essential part of intellec-
may be for its world-
thing, even if we could figure out tual, spiritual, and practical life,
transforming benefits?
how to play the role of myth- but I doubt anyone today would
tellers, we don’t really know what I respect and am moved by Arm- argue that we inhabit one of those
kinds of myth we can or should strong’s inspiring cri de coeur, myth-loving ages. Unless we hap-
be telling today. Karen Arm- but our goal here is more modest. pen to be born and raised in one
strong proposes, idealistically, We’ll be approaching myth as of the world’s few remaining oral
that our story-impoverished game-players, not scholars, defin- cultures, we have surprisingly few
world needs ers, explainers, or even visionar- clues as to what myth-tellers and
ies. Our self-assigned task isn’t to myth-listeners (their essential
“myth that will help us to
study and report on myth telling companions) do, feel, believe, or
identify with all our fellow-
as a literary, cultural, spiritual how they sustain themselves from
beings, not simply with
practice or artifact, or as the ver- one generation to the next. In a
those who belong to our
bal element of an exotic ritual
ethnic, national or ideolog- continued on page 16
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