Coincidence or not

By Glen
@glenniah (1197)
Mandurah, Australia
January 23, 2016 7:25am CST
I have always thought I would enjoy working with people through drama and story telling. This could work in a variety of areas and audiences from children to adults. Today when I was on the train with my friend heading for the city a young man alighted the train dressed in an amazing pirate costume. He sat next to us and we simply had to know who he was and why he was dressed up as a pirate. He told us he was off to the city to work with children using the idea of 'choose your own adventures' books. He would be working through role plays and interactive story telling. I thought I had died and gone to story telling heaven. Well I didn't really think that, but I was enchanted by his story. I felt motivated again in this area and hopefully will pursue the art of drama and story telling if only in a small way.] Thanks to that young man he was an inspiration. I don't think it was a coincidence that we met him and were able to hold him captive on the train.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 16
How cool is that? Did you know that Balingup has a book week or literary festival or whatever and they have adults telling stories to children throughout the day? I'm sure they'd have room for one more! Story-tellers that is, not children! :)
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Glen
@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
26 Jan 16
@JduEv Thanks Judy, I have looked up the Festival at Balingup and think it would be good to at least visit and see what the story tellers do. All week I have been hearing about story telling, it is very strange and I hope it is going to lead somewhere.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 16
@glenniah Sounds like it might be meant to be! Good luck.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
23 Jan 16
One never know.This was a good idea there.Glad you enjoyed it.Lesson learned?
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Glen
@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
23 Jan 16
@amadeo Yes it was a good lesson learned there
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scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
23 Jan 16
Wow, that is a great idea. i do not know that there is such thing as choose your own adventure story telling. i think this young man will not lack any assignment since he is so creative.
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Glen
@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
23 Jan 16
@scheng1 Yes he was a very motivated young man and is doing well in his chosen field.
amnabas
@amnabas (14160)
• Karachi, Pakistan
23 Jan 16
Sometimes coincidence like this make you learn.
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Glen
@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
26 Jan 16
@amnabas That is true amnabas.
Victor Sagayaraj
@vickyblogs (341)
• India
26 Jan 16
Great idea. You can try to tell a thrilling story once, and sometimes you may become a good story-teller later. Congratulations!
Shiva
@Shiva49 (26684)
• Singapore
26 Jan 16
Some are able too put their heart and soul in whatever they do and that is real passion. They are an inspiration for others - talk of the art of the possible! siva
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Glen
@glenniah (1197)
• Mandurah, Australia
26 Jan 16
@Shiva49 That is so true. For many years I had the perfect job I loved it so much it did not feel like work at all. Now I want to follow my creative side.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26684)
• Singapore
26 Jan 16
@glenniah Best of luck. I was in the finance and accounts area for donkey's years! It is said accountant is the first to hired and the last to be fired - so it gave me a living. But my passion to read and write stayed in the background. I couldn't wait to chuck what I did at the first opportunity to breathe some fresh air! Talk of small mercies of life! siva
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