Dear Nalini: how many stories do you have time to listen to... the word is listen... listening to stories ...is with heart and attention...
nor merely hear.... or just be present... I have hundreds... mainly relates to my search for its id ... so when I talk to local people they tell me good bad indifferent spiritual ethnobotanical or ghost stories... published a few... Usha di ==== On Jul 22, 1:02 am, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the complements Na Bha ji > Actually on this 20th march i did visit the site. But ---------- > you said it need not be 20th exactly. But then how many days here and there? > Madhuri > > --- On Thu, 21/7/11, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Na Bha <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:74698] for all (non)storytellers: Stories about trees. > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "Madhuri Pejaver" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 21 July, 2011, 5:40 PM > > Hallo all, > > forwarding a message: [storytellingday] > WSD 2012 - are your plans taking root? > > some time ago I had written to you about the WorldStorytellingDay > and that the theme for 2012 is Trees. > > WSD takes place every year on March 20th. > > More info >> http://worldstorytellingday.webs.com/ > > I am a member in this group, I tell stories and I hope members of > the group indiantreepix join the event in 2012 (and beyond). > Certainly Trees is our interest and there are many knowledgeable > people and experts in this group, who have lots and lots to tell. > One doesn't have to be a professional storyteller or actor or > whatever. A few interesting things about trees, experiences during > your tree watching trek or tree appreciation walk can be the stock > and a school class, a garden or even a tree could be the place to > tell. It doesn't have to be exactly on 20. March. In Bremen I > combine WSD with Zwiesprache Lyrik (Lyric in two languages) and > that goes for the whole of march. > > As you can see, people from Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, > South Africa, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, USA and many other > countries of the world are participating in this event, but no one > from India as far as I see. And India has a big old storytelling > tradition. So please think about it. We shall be very glad, if you > join us. You don't have to be a member of the group to tell > stories. > > Madhuri ji, how about you? You are a passionate storyteller! > > I myself am looking for stories too and find here and there some > Ideas when I read mails in this group. > > Best regards > > Nalini > > Read more below: > > -------------------------------------- > > Thanks a lot for the moso story and the music! My father was a > gardener and landscape architect and he loved bamboo. > > Here in the north, the project is growing strong roots. In > mid-august I'll start spreading the word in schools. No WSD theme > so far, has elicited as much enthusiastic response as the tree > theme! And it is so beautifully suited for educational work. It > would be lovely if we could get teachers all over the world to use > it for work with story/learning projects already in the autumn. > Then they can have a celebration of their root-growing work on the > WSD, when it suddenly will sprout branches and leaves like a world > forest of moso bamboo. > > One of many personal reasons for loving this theme (which could > also be of interest for teachers) is the sub-theme of "The Tree of > Life" with its interesting possibilities of both mythical and > scientific interpretations. I'll write more about that later. > > I have also developed an obsession for photographing trees. One > that I'll restart next year is to document specific trees during > all the seasons. In my part of the world, we are blessed with four > of them, and many trees change clothes according to the season, > like eager followers of fashion. > > The Botanical Gardens here in Gothenburg has an "Arboretum" area, > with trees from all over the world. If you happen to know of > something similar elsewhere, we might get them cooperating - and > sponsoring WSD events ... > > Cheers, Ulf > > PS I'll attach some of my tree images in low resolution. I'll make > them available in higher quality somewhere on the net later. > > #yiv1708133592 .yiv1708133592ExternalClass .yiv1708133592ecxhmmessage P > {padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;} > #yiv1708133592 .yiv1708133592ExternalClass BODY.yiv1708133592ecxhmmessage > {font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt;} > > Thanks for the inspiration Roger! May > your photosynthesis produce great things. > Regards > Vanessa > South Africa > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > dear Tellers, > > After the flurry of emails earlier > this year garnering consensus for TREES, things seem to > have gone very quiet. > > Do you know about the MOSO bamboo? > It's the type used in the Chinese martial arts movies > (Crouching Tiger, House of Flying Daggers) as an > environment for awe-jaw-dropping aerial fights. The trees > go straight up, 30 metres tall, like poles in a forest > created by cirque du soleil. The thing is, when you plant > the moso, nothing happens - not for a month, not for a > year, two years - you watch and wait and wonder. Finally, > after five forgettable-where-on-earth-did-I-plant-the > damm-seed-years?, whoosh! In one day, it grows 60 cms! > yesterday there was nothing, now it's at your knees! After > three days growth, the bamboo is as tall as me (180cm) and > so it goes, day after day, soaring 20 cms at a time, for > six weeks, right up to 30 metres or more. > > So what's the moso been doing for 5 > years? Creating a vast root system to supply it with > energy for this amazing spurt, and to anchor these > magnificent trees so that Ziyi Zhang and co can do > acrobatic leaps on, off and around them. > > Unfortunately, we don't have 5 years > till WSD 2012 ... but i hope you're sinking your roots all > the same! > > I was inspired to write when I found > this by Enya today - The Memory of Trees > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIpt_BIrIzM&feature=related > > cheers > > Roger in singapore > > > Hi everyone! I had more than a hundred > unread WSD mails after some weeks of too many deadlines and > timeconsuming computer problems. Good to see all the > activity here! > > My impression is that a broad interpretation of "Trees" is an > outstanding candidate for > next years theme. That wouldn't exclude more specific themes > for local events, on the contrary I guess a more "extended" > title (like "Trees of life" or "Tales taking roots" or > "Family trees" etc.) might be better for attracting > listeners. But for the global cooperation, a too narrow > theme might mean that less people "join" the theme. Anyway > the themes have never been something you really need to > follow. But it is fun to cooperate around them, and this one > seems to have sparked some good ideas already. And I also > see good opportunities to reach more schools with it. > > We had a really nice evening on March 20 here in Gothenburg, > and I just uploaded a short video from the event. The first > storyteller, Ola, who is a teacher, describes an event in > his classroom. His class was a bit chaotic, and one of the > pupils asks him to tell a story, because he knows that this > will make everyone calm and happy. The next one, Juri, tells > an absurd fishing story, and if you know swedish you might > appreciate his west-swedish dialect. The last one is one of > our younger storytellers here, Maja. > > The painting shows a rather dangerous river fiddler, Näcken, > from swedish folklore. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CNqWtVw0lE > > And should we for any reason agree on another theme than > trees, I promise I'll make a new video dedicated to whatever > we might come up with. Consider this one as my vote ;-) > > Cheers, Ulf Ä
