Before this class, I would never have been able to define presence/or my lack of it in a telling. I would have just gone into the story----but this time, I greeted the audience, and acknowledged images from the last storyteller (a worm)-----and my telling felt so different. Thank you, David!
I'm not sure about telling barefoot---it seemed a good idea (at the last moment)-- the teller in residence was barefoot (I didn't know that she was barefoot because her feet had blisters from wearing fancy shoes). I did feel more grounded and balanced---but my feet (I guess because I was nervous) suctioned to the floor---I couldn't roam the stage as I had in the past---and that turned out to be good!
Joy
That's interesting to hear that because your feet were kind of stuck to the floor that helped you stay standing and grounded. Glad a good thing came from something that you weren't sure whether it would be good or not (telling barefoot)!
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