HWST 234 Week 1 Blog by Ray Ramones

The Truth About Stories

rrkr — 2024-01-15 03:13:50 UTC

"Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous."

rrkr — 2024-01-15 03:17:03 UTC

This quote with the Yin and Yang picture caught my eye because stories can be both good and bad.

"Fact of the matter was I just wanted to get out of town. Wanted to get as far away from where I was as I could".

rrkr — 2024-01-15 03:20:07 UTC

Because I've lived on an Island my whole life, this quote spoke to me because sometimes you just want to see what else is out there in the world.

"When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet, much like John Carter in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars series"

rrkr — 2024-01-15 03:25:48 UTC

It made me think of how we used to think we could go further and dream bigger when we were kids. We want to go further now that we're adults, though. We want to leave town, do our own things, and start a new life.

"I've heard this story many times, and each time someone tells the story, it changes. Sometimes the change is simply in the voice of the storyteller. Sometimes the change is in the details. Sometimes in the order of events".

rrkr — 2024-01-15 03:37:50 UTC

Stories are how we hear and learn a lot of things in this world. No matter if they were gifts from family, friends, or someone else. Stories are how most cultures are passed down.

"The truth about stories is that that's all we are."

rrkr — 2024-01-15 03:45:08 UTC

The idea behind this quote is interesting: it's your story, your life, and when we die, the people we leave behind will only have our stories to tell and remember.