“People think stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around”-Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad, 1991
As part of the continuous assessment in my course I had to tweet a twessay to the #storytelling <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Storytelling is evolving. Write an essay about this issue in 140 characters using <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/DHUCCtwessay?src=hash”>#DHUCCtwessay</a>. Innovate, narrate. Don't waste a character.</p>— Donna M. Alexander (@americasstudies) <a href=”https://twitter.com/americasstudies/status/665120041894060032″>November 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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When I first saw the title for our next twessay I was a bit unsure on what to write and how to narrow it all down to 140 characters. There were a great deal of ideas and thoughts flowing through my mind and in the end I came up with this tweet in response<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>storytelling is evolving the way we think and our accessibility to new technology <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/DHUCCTwessay?src=hash”>#DHUCCTwessay</a></p>— aisha yekini (@aishay123) <a href=”https://twitter.com/aishay123/status/667516601231663105″>November 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Today storytelling is an essential part of our society and culture. Movies, paintings, religion, social media, news media and music, you name it are all in a form of storytelling and can seen in nearly all aspects of daily life nowadays. The evolution of storytelling is quiet old. Nobody can really pinpoint when the very first story was told. Did it occur in a dark gloomy cave with handprints used as words by hunters? We may never know, but the first evidence of any type of storytelling was found as long as 25,000-30,000 years BC, humans were painting handwriting on caves to tell stories. From painting in caves to big blockbuster movies, although the methods of storytelling have changed, the desire to hear and tell the stories by other people has not. “The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling” Cecil B. DeMille
Throughout the years the evolution of new technology has allowed people to make use of storytelling. Due to the advancement of technologies such as the internet, film, social media and the printing press the way we tell stories and keep other people up to date on current issues has made storytelling much more enticing.
“I don’t believe for one second that digital imaging or digital technology will ever take away the humanity of storytelling because storytelling in and of itself is a wholly human concern- David Fincher, Side by Side, 2012
I really liked what one of my classmates @Deebrady_dh had to say as her response to storytelling <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Storytelling is evolvin&changin wit culture&technology.Stories which wud otherwise b lost r being digitalised 4Future gens 2 c <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/DHUCCtwessay?src=hash”>#DHUCCtwessay</a></p>— Deirdre Brady (@deebrady_dh) <a href=”https://twitter.com/deebrady_dh/status/667153170758565888″>November 19, 2015</a></blockquote>
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This is incredibly true as storytelling is always changing and it never stays the same. This change massively changed our society and culture and without this change all types of stories would be lost and never told to future generations down the line. Deirdre’s tweet I think resonates with mine, as we are both saying that the changing of technology is changing the way stories are being told.
In conclusion I believe that the art of storytelling will always be an important part of people lives and it will continue to evolve along with the development and accessibility to new technology.
Bibliography
https://twitter.com/deebrady_dh?lang=en
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/309482-people-think-that-stories-are-shaped-by-people-in-fact
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