tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550272538111630526.post3142194780777676196..comments2023-04-28T22:50:32.182+09:30Comments on sarah tells stories: Midweek Musing: the gaps in our stories sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02781555126562933766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550272538111630526.post-77995060265645904782016-01-14T11:08:27.369+10:302016-01-14T11:08:27.369+10:30I suppose the issue is who "owns' the sto...I suppose the issue is who "owns' the story or the 'universe' the stories take place in?<br />The original author/s ie JK Rowling, or Disney/ George Lucas?<br />Or is that once we turn a story loose it has a life of its own in the hearts and imaginations of those who involve/invest in the stories or universes that are created by the stories?Cogsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550272538111630526.post-41071226406895187472016-01-13T21:20:35.738+10:302016-01-13T21:20:35.738+10:30Filling the gaps - that is so true of what we have...Filling the gaps - that is so true of what we have to do with stories from the Bible because there is often so little detail we have to fill in the gaps to make sense of it. That is one of the joys of Bible study groups (for want of a better name for what we do - Biblical discussion group? theological deconstruction/reconstruction group? ), talking through the possibilities till we find something that makes sense of it. The challenge is, once we have found ways of filling in the gaps that make sense of it for ourselves, to allow others to fill the gaps for themselves in ways that make sense of it for them, and not to tell them 'ours is the only way'. <br /><br />I like Heather's point about others providing a different perspective on the gaps in our understanding of our own story, thus enabling us to better understand our own story. Such is the value of loving supportive community.<br /><br />And I too love best of all the stories that connect with our own experiences in ways that illuminate and help us understand our own story better.Marniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187734096605374815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3550272538111630526.post-3267009598459780712016-01-13T20:39:29.147+10:302016-01-13T20:39:29.147+10:30Yes: we all co-create what we hear of the stories ...<br />Yes: we all co-create what we hear of the stories told by others. We fill in the gaps ourselves. It's interesting to keep a healthy curiosity about what others imagine for those gaps, and yes I understand that differences in interpretation can cause discomfort, especially if we have invested significant emotion or meaning into our own interpretation.<br />Our own lives are experienced as an internal construction for ourselves. We co-create even what we perceive to be objective reality. We see or hear or sense a great deal, whatever it is that we expect to experience. So it is that others can provide a vital, different perspective on the gaps in our understanding of our own story. We don't always know what it is that we can't see, hear or sense; what it is that we are not noticing. <br />It is such a gift of wonder to have stories told that hook us into making links with our own, lived experience in such a way that we receive new insight about what we have created to be our own reality.<br />Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424384349073856183noreply@blogger.com