of aural

I have become a bit enamored lately with audio storytelling. The new yorker has a great podcast reading of old fiction works from the magazine followed by a little discussion. I tend to spend long periods of time alone, and by the time I realize that I might enjoy company it is an odd hour, where the recorded voice stands substitute. I love oral traditions. I made a book about knowledge shared orally from mothers to daughters (obliquely captured). It came about from a frustration in a disappearance of oral storytelling. This current resurgence came about I think from extended listening to TED talks, and there is one specifically that talks about art as a powerful tool to affect change - with oral storytelling as a key example. This is too premature to say that it is something that I plan on doing more of, but I would at least like to put out there how much I value it. There is truly universal appeal.
Here is a bit that I recorded in the first part of this year.