Passionate guy, I am. Storyteller, too. When these two elements combine, I run out of air, and I run out often. When I tell a tale, I tell it all, all the details that might not seem necessary, but add flavor to the telling. I am sure this drives my wife nutty from time to time, making her sigh with patient disbelief that once again I am discussing the color of the sky during the story, the way the wind felt, the speed of the birds that flew overhead when whatever was happening was happening. This may be the origin of all my poetry, all my writing, all my creativity, this weird belief that every single detail matters, that they all paint a picture bigger and brighter than it would ever be without them.
I love this! Because like you, I'm into the details, especially in a pandemic when they're the only things adding dimension and wonder to the mundane. Charles Eames said, "The details are not the details. They make the design." Perhaps it's the artistic among us that feel this way? Perhaps it's a select few of sensitive types? I don't know specifically, but I appreciate those that take special notice of what often seems trivial or forgotten. 💗
In writing, I remember what a coach had told me once. " Use your five senses fully when you write. " Sometimes I cannot get the words and descriptions on to the paper or screen fast enough. The breathless flow that has you stop is something I can certainly understand.
Details are EVERYTHING! A long story even longer is beautiful when it means you're on the journey through the vivid description. Paint me a trip in five senses and I'm there every step of the way 😍
I'm so happy to read this! I am known for being the longest storyteller EVER amongst my friends and family! What should take 30 seconds to tell a story, I talk about ALL the details and drag it out for minutes on end. I just have so much to say and it gets so overwhelming when I can't get out all of the little things that feel so important that make the story significant and special. When I have a long story to tell to a friend or family member, I always say to them, "Take this journey with me!" And they laugh because they know I have a lot to say! But more often than not, the ones who know me well and appreciate my long-windedness try to bear through my incessant details and are patient with me. It's a comfort to know that I'm not the only one who does this.
I’ve been accused of exaggerating, of being “too much”, sharing too much, or getting too close... it just took me a long time to figure out. Some of us are meant to be storytellers, because someone has to be.
If not us, who?
And if the world is held captive, begging for a sustenance in the form of sentences, I guess our words better get pressed to paper and bound so others may be freed.
Or, at the very least, our stories finally run the race regardless of who finishes first place. The point is, the tale’s been told.
I love this! Because like you, I'm into the details, especially in a pandemic when they're the only things adding dimension and wonder to the mundane. Charles Eames said, "The details are not the details. They make the design." Perhaps it's the artistic among us that feel this way? Perhaps it's a select few of sensitive types? I don't know specifically, but I appreciate those that take special notice of what often seems trivial or forgotten. 💗
In writing, I remember what a coach had told me once. " Use your five senses fully when you write. " Sometimes I cannot get the words and descriptions on to the paper or screen fast enough. The breathless flow that has you stop is something I can certainly understand.
Details are EVERYTHING! A long story even longer is beautiful when it means you're on the journey through the vivid description. Paint me a trip in five senses and I'm there every step of the way 😍
I'm so happy to read this! I am known for being the longest storyteller EVER amongst my friends and family! What should take 30 seconds to tell a story, I talk about ALL the details and drag it out for minutes on end. I just have so much to say and it gets so overwhelming when I can't get out all of the little things that feel so important that make the story significant and special. When I have a long story to tell to a friend or family member, I always say to them, "Take this journey with me!" And they laugh because they know I have a lot to say! But more often than not, the ones who know me well and appreciate my long-windedness try to bear through my incessant details and are patient with me. It's a comfort to know that I'm not the only one who does this.
Yes! And I take detours.
I’ve been accused of exaggerating, of being “too much”, sharing too much, or getting too close... it just took me a long time to figure out. Some of us are meant to be storytellers, because someone has to be.
If not us, who?
And if the world is held captive, begging for a sustenance in the form of sentences, I guess our words better get pressed to paper and bound so others may be freed.
Or, at the very least, our stories finally run the race regardless of who finishes first place. The point is, the tale’s been told.