Why Storytellers Lie, an Atlantic Monthly piece by Maura Kelly, highlights a new book by Jonathan Gotschall, called The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human. The article addresses some of the main reasons why we might tell stories: for courtship, for instruction, and for a sense of higher purpose. Kelly writes, "We like stories because, as Gotschall puts it, we are 'addicted to meaning'—and meaning is not always the same as the truth."
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"(Indeed, many opt for straight-up fictionalization, preferring MFA programs to therapy.)"
Bwa-hahah! Yet another admits to taking The Cure...
Interesting piece, but I thought the title should be, ALL Storytellers Lie...
See also: Lewis Hyde's Trickster Makes This World.
Nice.
Nice.
This is so cool. Now I'm going to think of every conversation as a game of telephone...thanks for sharing!
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