Comments on: The Perils of Good Storytelling http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2006/07/the-perils-of-good-storytelling/ Creativity && Integration Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:06:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nt bott http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2006/07/the-perils-of-good-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-267 nt bott Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:08:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/?p=349#comment-267 If we are to harness and conduct the magic of other worlds as so wonderfully exemplified by M. Night Shyamalan in this his latest stroke of genius, we must first, as you say Jonathan, perceive the magic that envelopes us in this world. Then, as we gain proficiency in the magic arts of our world, we may begin to see that the magic of other worlds is not as other worldly as we once thought. It is precisely this earthiness of other worldly magic that simultaneously leaves the untrained in awe and the conductor so grounded. The untrained see only the magic of another world breaking in; the conductor sees the magic of this world breaking out. Spud was the first to point out to me just how calm Jesus was when performing his other worldly magic. A far cry from the invocations and rituals we witness today. (think spiritual laughter...) If we are to harness and conduct the magic of other worlds as so wonderfully exemplified by M. Night Shyamalan in this his latest stroke of genius, we must first, as you say Jonathan, perceive the magic that envelopes us in this world. Then, as we gain proficiency in the magic arts of our world, we may begin to see that the magic of other worlds is not as other worldly as we once thought. It is precisely this earthiness of other worldly magic that simultaneously leaves the untrained in awe and the conductor so grounded. The untrained see only the magic of another world breaking in; the conductor sees the magic of this world breaking out.

Spud was the first to point out to me just how calm Jesus was when performing his other worldly magic. A far cry from the invocations and rituals we witness today. (think spiritual laughter…)

]]> By: Peter Marshall http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2006/07/the-perils-of-good-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Peter Marshall Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:08:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/?p=349#comment-268 We do live within a story where "magic" is all around us. Just like you mentioned, we sometimes forget the wonder that works to grow a plant to bear fruit when all it takes in is sunlight, rain, and soil. If i threw soil, sunlight, and rain water into a jar and shook it up, I would never end up with an orange or an apple, but the "magic" of a plant is that it is able to do just that. We do live within a story where “magic” is all around us. Just like you mentioned, we sometimes forget the wonder that works to grow a plant to bear fruit when all it takes in is sunlight, rain, and soil. If i threw soil, sunlight, and rain water into a jar and shook it up, I would never end up with an orange or an apple, but the “magic” of a plant is that it is able to do just that.

]]> By: Michael Durand http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2006/07/the-perils-of-good-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Michael Durand Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:08:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/?p=349#comment-269 [Disclaimer: It's 5 am, and I'm waiting for a simulation to finish... enough said.] I do think that the desire to systematize and understand our world tends to numb us to our world's magic, Jonathan, but for me, that is only half of the story. I think that the abuse of science first disenchants us with the world around us, then completes the spell by bewitching us with it's own little magic gadgets. Who wants to engage with real magic when there is a better filter to design, or a faster processor, or a slimmer ipod? [Disclaimer: It's 5 am, and I'm waiting for a simulation to finish... enough said.]

I do think that the desire to systematize and understand our world tends to numb us to our world’s magic, Jonathan, but for me, that is only half of the story. I think that the abuse of science first disenchants us with the world around us, then completes the spell by bewitching us with it’s own little magic gadgets.

Who wants to engage with real magic when there is a better filter to design, or a faster processor, or a slimmer ipod?

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