6 Word Memoir

"Stories to Paint the Empty Canvas"

I recently have been involved in a  African American Storytelling.  They have told constantly that I need to work more on trying to be free and have fun.  Yet for the first weeks I could not do it at all because I always want it to be perfect.  For example they told me to try and create a story that would interesting.  Everybody’s story talked about unicorns and fantasy animals and mine was about a dog that couldn’t find it’s tail.    Until they finally said something that kind of clicked with my creative and fun side of me.  “You should think storytelling as a empty canvas and you are trying to paint a picture of what you are telling.”  Now I think that I have improved in making and telling storytelling.

In my drawing I tried to create a clear difference between the two sides of the room.  I tried to create a creative side that looked fun to symbolize the new me.  On the other side I tried to make it look as gray and boring as possible to symbolize the old me.  On the Boring side I put a bookshelf to show all the boring books with the sign of basic on the top of the book shelf.  I made the creative side have a bookshelf too but, the difference between the two is that there are only a few books.  I did this to show that this is new experience and I am just starting to gather my new creative ideas.