I see very impressive, very complicated #graphs with curves in my TL these days. And again and again the outcry: Why don't people want to understand that!?
Quite simply: because even highly educated non-specialists can't interpret these graphs. Because you show no #context. Tip: Tell the #story behind it! Tell it so that EVERYONE understands it. (That's why I love news for children: they do it!) A survey showed: people want more #explications.1/2
The Amazonia Future Lab https://amazoniafuturelab.fh-potsdam.de will exhibit their interactive video installation on material practices from the indigenous communities of the Upper Xingu at re:publica 24 in Berlin next week!
First and most obviously, #folklore enthusiasts, as well as those who are interested in German history and culture.
I also hope that #ttrpg players find these of interest - I am one of these myself, and the old German folk tales I am translating often have the same chaotic energy that the best role-playing game sessions have.
And finally, those with an interest in #storytelling in general. We should all try to find inspiration in those who came before us, and these stories break a lot of modern storytelling conventions which we take for granted.
(Note: Yes, I know I am a day late with this, but I still wanted to get my two cents in.)
@AnnaAnthro The article says Munro never embraced the novel. I would argue that she did; her short stories were novels (or perhaps novellas). The completeness and depth of her short stories made them so compelling. The incompleteness and shallowness of so many short stories are a reason I mostly don't like that genre. Munro was the best. RIP #AliceMunro.
Hey, neat! Thank you! It's an "imagination engine" - the original mod @Arotrios kbin.social wrote a detailed description here.
I never really fully got my head around it but it seems to be a combination of art, poetry, music, cinema, mythology, etc and a lot of the posts in it bounce off other posts in it.
I did a half-hour long telling of the myth of Palamedes at Floralia today. It still felt rushed. I'm going to have to turn this into a full hour show. I think Palamedes deserves it.
Anyone here a fan of the #DresdenFiles?
I've been thinking about what the Big Apocalypse Trilogy is going to be, and here are my thoughts:
We know the final 3 books are going to be named after the swears used in the books. Hell's Bells, Stars and Stones, and Empty Night, but we don't know what they'll be about.
I think they're going to be in the order of Hell's Bells, Empty Night, then Stars and Stones.
Just read an article about a theory that the myth of Asclepius and the story of Alcestis used to make one continuous epic. Which kinda make perfect sense.
The story starts with Asclepius killed by the gods for trying to bring back the dead with medicine.
And it ends with a drunk Heracles bringing back the dead by beating up the god of Death and breaking some of his ribs.
Resurrection. Best accomplished with booze and wrestling.
"How could she leave the Central Hearth without taking her things with her? She said she would get them before leaving."
"She probably never took her things with her because she may have never left the Central Hearth."
An illustration to the 'Mirigavati' of Qutban Suhravardi manuscript (1603-04 CE) which tells the #Story of Prince Raj who falls in love with Mirigavati, a woman who can magically transform into a 'Doe'
The Greek army sailing to Troy stopped on the island of Delos. The king of Delos, a son of Apollo, foresaw that the Trojan War will only be won 10 years later.
So, he invited the Greeks to spend 9 years in his kingdom partying, instead of fighting.
They declined.
Imagine, they could have saved 9 years of war on a technicality...
What some Lemmy communities that are dead or very low number of new posts that you would like to get more active?
My pick is /c/albumartporn