Blog Summary Widget
 The Challenge: Tell a simple fable in 26 different ways. The Planned Variations: The Fable Playing with Images Future Tense Present Tense In Reverse First Person Second Person With Sympathy for the Devil With a New Character Switch Characters Around Related Personal Experience Setting: At the Mall Setting: Court Room As a newspaper story As science fiction As a romance As a detective story As a story within a story Told with regret Told with joy With extreme close-ups One important detail missing In twenty-six words In thirteen words Only Nouns Point Two Entries/2009/10/18_%2826_Variation%29_One%3A_The_Fable.htmlEntries/2009/10/18_%2826_Variations%29_Two%3A_Playing_with_the_Images.htmlEntries/2009/10/18_%2826_Variations%29_Three%3A_Future_Tense.htmlEntries/2009/10/22_%2826_Variations%29_Four%3A_Present_Tense.htmlEntries/2009/10/22_Five%3A_Reverse.htmlEntries/2009/10/24_Six%3A_First_Person.htmlEntries/2009/10/24_Seven%3A_Second_Person.htmlEntries/2009/10/26_Twelve%3A_With_Sympathy_for_the_Devil.htmlEntries/2009/10/28_Thirteen%3A_Introduce_a_New_Character.htmlEntries/2009/11/12_Seventeen%3A_Switched_Characters.htmlEntries/2009/11/11_Sixteen%3A_Personal_Experience____.htmlEntries/2009/11/3_Fifteen%3A_At_the_Mall.htmlEntries/2009/11/16_Nineteen%3A_As_a_News_Story.htmlEntries/2009/10/31_Fourteen%3A_As_Science_Fiction.htmlEntries/2009/10/24_Eleven%3A_One_Important_Detail_Missing.htmlEntries/2009/10/24_Eight%3A_in_26_words.htmlEntries/2009/10/24_Nine%3A_in_13_words.htmlEntries/2009/10/24_Ten%3A_Only_Nouns.htmlEntries/2009/11/14_Eighteen%3A_Point_Two.htmlEntries/2009/11/12_Seventeen%3A_Switched_Characters.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18

26 Variations: An experiment in storytelling

How many different ways can you change or adapt a story? Taking inspiration from composers and illustrators, and especially the book 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style by Mat Madden, and taking advantage of the annual fundraiser and multi-art challenger, “Arts for All Marathon”, I’ve been developing a set of short short stories based on a little-known Aesop’s fable.

This project is a fundraising effort. I’m going to make 26 variations as if I was running a 26 mile marathon. Please enjoy these free podcasts but make a contribution to CSMA ... the link below will tell you all about the Marathon and the school. Donations are easy with PayPal.

Why do I support CSMA? Because it is a gem of a cultural institution which offers instruction in the arts to people from all walks of life. And because I have noticed that any day with some art-making in it is a good day.

This project is not intended for children. Some of the variations contain offensive words and situations.

 
Learn more about the Arts for All Marathon 2009 and make a donation to support my efforts!http://www.csma-ithaca.org/marathon/marathonindex.phphttp://www.csma-ithaca.org/marathon/marathonindex.phphttp://www.artsforallmarathon.orgshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1
Email Me