This morning my virtual friend Scott McArthur [catch him at http://www.scottspeaks.me/ ] pointed me to the gentle humour of Kurt Vonnegut. He was telling an audience about the Shape of Stories. And given that so much is said, written, imputed, and imagined about story telling on social media today I thought I should share Kurt Vonnegut's great insights with you....
Kurt Vonnegut tells a story about stories in a way that only he can. This story is about the first principles of his life, your life, my life, the life of fictional characters [including a cockroach] and life in general. Perhaps Kurt Vonnegut has stumbled upon a theory of stories and storytelling, then again, perhaps not....
I was once told that "this is as good as it gets" [see the photo]. Perhaps it was, then again, perhaps it was not.
Richard
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