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  • The Faceless Men of Braavos are assassins who wear the identities of the dead. But the game of faces they use to train may also be a metaphor for what it takes to become a storyteller.

  • A few weeks ago, I watched Ponyo for the first time. Early on, as the little fish basked in the underwater sun and drifted too close to human activity, I tried to guess what incident would knock her life out of balance and start the story. My first thought was …

  • What this blog is about, and how Longfellow’s metaphor shapes the way I see and experience stories.