MYTHSINGER SEPTEMBER 2024 STORYNIGHT - EVENING SESSION US/DAYTIME DOWN UNDER - Register here
Myths are made for challenging times. They hold wisdom distilled over millennia that help humans navigate the foibles of life: love, empire, desire, treachery, poverty, oppression, loss, heroism, grief. Myths and mythic tricksters teach us to live in connection with the Living World, with kindness, humor, cunning, and grace. Daniel Deardorff brought these ancient tales to life like no other mythteller of his time.
Join us Wednesday, Odin’s Day, September 25th around the virtual (Zoom) hearth to hear and share in one of the great old stories told by this master teller, mythsinger, and beloved teacher (via video) with live music and more from your hosts Judith-Kate Friedman (songwriter, story-carrier, and Daniel's partner for many years) and Audrey di Mola (storyteller, space-holder, and creative facilitator) of the Mythsinger Legacy Project.
Offered at two times:
11-1:30pm Pacific and again at 6-8:30pm Pacific
What is this experience like? Zoom is our magical living room, cozy den, and generous global crossroads. Like pollinators and sleepy bears we come – mythtellers, song-lovers, listeners, writers, dreamers, young ones, and elders.
What will be revealed as we dip into the great crane bag of possibilities and a choice tale is gifted us to chew, ruminate on, and ponder?
As we gather together round the virtual hearth thirsty for a story from around the world, we follow Daniel into the storyhut (via video) and mingle as we would in the shadowy space. We witness as he calls fire in the old way, with flint and steel, and sings about carrying fire. And we honor this sacred space and each other, and bask in the glow of the storyfire, as we become ready to receive the wisdom of one of the ancient myths he so lovingly carries.
Afterward, we feed the story - and each other - in hearth-side conversation, exploring how the tale has transported us while opening our hearts, minds, and souls. Through this experience we discover, explore and reflect on the generative paradoxes of loss and sacrifice, tradition and uncertainty, belonging and otherness. And close with gratitude for our deep conversation and connection. Everyone in need of a story is welcome.
Author of Wisdom of the Mythtellers, Sean Kane says: “the heart of the hearer impacts the heart of the teller and vice versa.” We’ve found this to be true even through the media of mixing archival footage with live connection.
“Deardorff was the greatest storyteller I ever saw… a Taliesin moving between hawk, salmon, and grain of wheat. It’s breathlessly exciting, what he is pointing towards” – Martin Shaw.