I love stories. While there is great nostalgia for those days when families gathered round the radio and had their imaginations swept away on the spinning of a tale, there are surprisingly satisfying venues of storytelling today. NPR’s This American Life is one; Stoop Storytelling is another. And then there is the internet which brings special moments and people into our lives. I have found in emails inspiring conversation with people I may or may not ever meet. And there are, from time to time, rather intimate comments in response to this blog posting.
Here is one that came in to my mailbox and delighted my day.
“Today, I went to the beach with my kids. I found a sea shell and
gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She put the shell to
her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her
ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely off topic but I had
to tell someone!”
A simple story but a universal one. What makes this story so special is that the writer is a stranger to me. For some reason she found something in my blog story that made her comfortable to give me hers. We shared our stories and, for this brief moment, we touched each other.
I am obsessed by smallness, simplicity and slowness..I like the combination of these. They do not weigh heavily on my soul; they allow me to feel free, to explore my interior spaces and enjoy the exterior ones.
I like imperfection or, what Piero Lissoni describes as "contamination". The mixture of textures and colors, the many handprints on useful objects appeals to me.
The action of weather and of simple living and how they wear on an object delights me.
I find a compatriot in Piero Lissoni. Please watch.
http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/6/24/3121/in-residence-piero-lissoni
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