Ep. 4 - Story (Laura Hope-Gill)

Episode FOUR - can you believe it? (We can't.) This episode focuses on story, narrative, and "awen" (the flow of creative inspiration), featuring Laura Hope-Gill (https://laurahopegill.com/). (FYI: Laura and Gordon both live in Asheville and have collaborated on a number of interesting creative projects.) Together, Laura, Gordon, and Rachel jump into the wilderness of meaning related to story: living reality as a living story, and the transformative power of narrative and storytelling. As they journey together, they touch on "awen" (defined as creative flow, of Gaelic/Celtic orgins) and its significance in shaping our experiences of the inner world and of story. As they continue, the conversation explores sovereignty in one's relationship with story and the internalized narrator's identity and role in storytelling. Little hops abound as we explore the dynamics and complexities of self and narrative/narration and "the inner narrator/s," (as well as TBI experiences, and the mysteries of 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'). Laura shares pandemic project related to enlightment and notes that "achieving enlightment" as patriarchal and Rachel goes on to get ealthy individuation and the inner wilds, and the little hop and narrative medicine. Themes of narrative medicine, creative-imaginational intelligence, information and "exformation," as well as the inner wilds and the existential vagus nerve round out their collaborative jam.TakeawaysStories as indicative of our relationship with our inner worlds, inner wildsLiving reality as story, story as living realityWho's narrating? (Control, meta-identity, inclusion, and flow)The transformative power of storytelling Narrative Medicine and creative intelligenceThe "Little Hop"Chapters00:00 Story: Wavelengths & Channels19:07 Awen: The Creative Flow30:03 Sovereignty in Relationship with Story36:19 Encountering the Inner Narrator46:25 The Little Hop and Narrative Medicine