Abstract
The difference between the birth and the origins of something is the difference between the cry of new life and the song of the collective chorus; the difference between the beat of a new heart and the pulsating drumbeat of our ancestors. Birth, pink and rosy, looks forward. It does not need to justify itself, for it is full of strength, discovery, dance and laughter. Life does not ask such promise to justify itself. Yet, in times of challenge, of the abyss, the ‘me’ is not enough. The collective, psychological, spiritual, ‘we’ is necessary. Drama and storytelling offer us this union.
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Allen, R., Krebs, N. (2007). Intersubjective Meaning. In: Dramatic Psychological Storytelling. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800557_2
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