On Sun, 12 Nov 1995 SUGARMANB@aol.com wrote:
> Replying to LO3662 --
[ ... an astonishingly evocative series of quotes from ]
> Daloz, Laurent A., EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND MENTORING, San Francisco, CA:
> Jossey Bass, 1986.
[ from which this one in particular caught my eye: ]
>
> "In those moments when the world falls apart, when we lose a sense of
> meaning, stories can reconnect things for us, place our fears in context,
> help us to see new forms of meaning." p.24
It reminded me of something I thought two weeks ago, responding to
John Woods:
"Myths, in a world where _story_ is fundamental, play the role that
scientific theories play in a world where _law_ is fundamental. My belief
is (although I can't quite defend it yet) that in a world of story, myths
can be true or false, better or worse, and even perhaps proven or
disproven."
--
Regards
Jim Michmerhuizen jamzen@world.std.com
web residence at http://world.std.com/~jamzen/
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