Quote for Today: Katherine E. Standefer
“In life as in story,” writes Arthur Frank, “one event is expected to lead to another.” Our medical system has sold us a story of remedy, progress, technology, professionalism, and …
“In life as in story,” writes Arthur Frank, “one event is expected to lead to another.” Our medical system has sold us a story of remedy, progress, technology, professionalism, and …
Synkroniciti is honored to welcome writer and poet Sara McAulay from Oakland, California, with two gripping poems filled with narrative power, high wire and In Animal Darkness (4). The first contemplates a flock …
“It is important,” the man in the grey suit interrupts. “Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their …
Welcome Australian author Chris Moss, whose intense and revelatory short-story, Fun for the Whole Family! is featured in our upcoming September issue! Trapped in a car wreck, a mother recounts …
The reckoning is how we walk into our story; the rumble is where we own it. The goal of the rumble is to get honest about the stories we’re making …
The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family’s positive moments and your ability to bounce back from the difficult ones. …
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ―Anton Chekhov Public Domain Image via Pixabay
We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. …
Your partner may have injuries that you can’t repair. Your partner may be trapped in a dark room without windows. Your life narrative might bring him more relief than an …
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when …