Stepping Into the Light

“Stepping into the light” can mean so many things: spiritual illumination, truth telling, healing, even death. For me it means engaging in a magical process whereby you arrange your thoughts and feelings into that marvelous form called the story. Whether written down or spoken, we humans are all about our stories. The storyteller is an ancient character, an archetype in our psyches. For thousands of years storytellers have gathered, arranged and passed on our histories, nightmares, moral dilemmas and realities wrapped up in stories that find their familiars in the myths and legends of many cultures. Through our stories we sort through our prejudices and fears, tell of loves lost and found, find comfort and come to realize we are not alone.

The Blog is the latest vehicle for telling our stories. If I can get this right, my stories will also tell you more than I could ever impart directly about who I am, and probably with a great deal more insight. The BBC Radio World Service’s World Book Club gave me an idea how to “step into the light” and let you see a glimpse of me. In response to host Harriet Gilbert’s request, insomniacs from the world over have been submitting their six-word biographies. I respectfully submit mine here:

One island. One continent. Still moving.

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