Stories

[penmage]

A question for all of you:

Why are stories important?

I know why stories are important to me, I know why I think that if I was cut off from stories it would be like being cut off from oxygen. But why are stories important to you? I'm talking about stories of all kinds here, written, unwritten, in any media. Why are stories important? Why are they important to you, why are they important to the world, why are they important in general?

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[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

Because we *are* the stories we tell about ourselves, and the stories others tell about us. For the lucky few, those stories are even true.

What is a reputation, if not a story? What is a curriculum vitae, in fact, if not a story? What are memories, what are regrets, what is experience, if not a story?

What makes us human is our ability to learn from the past and build upon it. What makes us human are our stories.