Taking Flight 'Beyond Words'

This past week Jayátu gathered people from 16 countries under his story wings as they viewed “The Big Jump” special holiday video which went live December 21st.  Taking flight is always such a thrill and tonight a broadcast was sent to all the folks who signed up for the online event reminding them that the video would be 'live' until January 6th.  

Jayátu's mission is to help young folks of all ages awaken and grow the joy of life in themselves through storytelling.  Masterful storytelling gives flight to both the stories and the listeners.  Jayátu hopes to inspire the storyteller in each of us through not just the telling of stories but through encouraging and educating folks about the art of storytelling.  

The following is an excerpt from an upcoming soon to be published article by Jayátu called 'Beyond Words':  

"We think of the storyteller’s craft as a speaking art. But of course words are only a reflection, an indication, the proverbial tip of the iceberg visible above the surface. The body and weight of the storyteller’s art is that which lies beneath the words, the floating, luminous sensations, meanings, and presences from which words are born. This is a somewhat nebulous world, the land of perceptions and feelings. Memories dwell here and the subtler senses of wonder, humor, beauty, soul and spirit, as well as the intangible qualities of character and place. Storytellers are explorers of this realm. They navigate between it and the sharper dimension of expression and language. They coalesce the soft glow of impressions and perceptions into the clearer rays of word and phrase, they crystallize the hurly-burly of life happenings into spoken shapes of valuable meaning. We might call this process listening and reporting. The storyteller’s work is deep listening and feeling, followed by clear and artful expression."

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