Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
I recently wandered across a story about the Human Library via a blog post -- an idea that as a person who asks questions, was immediately fascinated. Thanks to my adventures with a 2ndLife, I have become very aware of sub-cultures and alternate lifestyles. I am extremely curious about how they develop and thrive both online and in the “real” world.
There are so many “books” that I would like to have access to! I want to know how they got where they are, what their lives actually look like, how they see the world about them, why they want to tell their stories. Just off the top of my head I can think that I would like to talk to [in no particular order]
An pro athlete
A vet – rural or urban
A member of an active coven
A minister or priest or nun or hermit
Someone who tried to start their own business and failed
A member of the 1%
A person who has been actively discriminated against
A successful lobbyist
A hacker
Who would you like to sit down and talk to for an hour? What are you curious about?
In contrast, there is the concept of presentism that according to the author of Present Shock is actually destroying our ability to tell stories – a matter of grave concern to all cultural anthropologists whether they are studying past or present cultures. Have we lost our ability to frame experiences in narrative terms? Or have stories gone underground, making the writing of history more difficult?
Blogging is a way to become transparent to the world, to tell your story to whoever wants to listen. Journaling, on the other hand, is private -- only for you, to provide clarity of thoughts. If you were going to tell your story, what would be the title of your book?
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