The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part five

We have stories! Today they finished writing them so the meeting was mainly about writing, prompting and writing again. Ilan asked me to bring the box, “It has a magical influence,” he said. It does. As they wrote I was looking for a matchbox Nathalie told me about and I found it. Two of the [...]

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The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part four

By now we have a bunch of 15 raw stories. Some of them need polishing; others are looking for a sufficient ending. Since we knew that this time we will have only one hour to work with the kids, we decided to do two things – find a creative expression that will travel together with [...]

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The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part three – the box arrives!

I was overwhelmed by my own excitement when the box arrived. Although aware of the power of its mechanism, it influenced me and Ilan all the same. It arrived and immediately I sent Ilan an SMS “tell them the box is here”. I had to leave home and an hour later received a call from [...]

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The StoryBox project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part two

We managed to pass the threshold. We had fifteen eight grade students in front of us, most of them boys. They were feeling uncomfortable still, shooting remarks at each other across the room. I moved forward and presented them Kevin’s two prompting requests “Tell us a story about being “boxed” in. Tell us a story [...]

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The StoryBox Project – field report, Zichron Yaakov Israel, part one

Several years ago I asked Kevin Cordy for the StoryBox to arrive to Israel. Several years later, here it is.
Since the box can stay for only a short while, I decided to keep it close to where I live and find a class educated by a storyteller. Ilan Inbar, a colleague of mine who educates [...]

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Nocturnal storyteller’s thoughts

Its 4:37 am. For some reason I cannot sleep. A question has been grazing my mind for the past few hours, for the past few years. “Limor, why do you always seem to find your way to early stories, to characters whose features have faded? Why don’t you live in the here and now?” This [...]

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Back after a long long time…

I’m looking at my previous post – mid April with a promise to be continued… so many things have happened since then I don’t think I’ll manage to close the gap updating so I’ll just go on and if I’ll find the time to complete that post I’ll do it.
What have I been up to?
Writing. [...]

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WSD event in Israel – a long long story and this is the first part

This story will be long. The reason I’ve decided to tell it is because sharing the way this production evolved might shed light on several issues I think the storytelling community needs to look at. There are many lovely parts in this story, some of them might sound innocent to those who have produced many [...]

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Who will benefit from the existence of great storytellers?

I’m pondering this question lately. Before you continue reading it is important to emphasize – this post is an attempt to raise an honest discussion, without excluding anyone, without passing judgment or classifying.
The word ’storytelling’ has become common. It is used by many to describe what they do – storytellers. Who? This is a very [...]

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Marketing our World Storytelling Day Event

It might seem that I’m over reacting to the event. I’m very excited, that’s for sure. The reason: the event takes place in a large cultural center and is the first of it’s kind over here. The professionals at the MediaTheque are really devoted to the idea of making it happen. It’s a kind of [...]

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