LUCID / lu•cid / ˈlu ː sɪd / loo - sid
Clearly expressed; easily understood; luminous; transparent
The point of view from which we tell them is critical.
Stories help us to imagine what it might be like to live another life. To tread in another’s footsteps. To awake into a different world.
The stories of individuals can illuminate bigger issues; they can help us to understand the causes and consequences of injustice and inequality.
“Humans have a unique talent for stories: for telling them, and learning from them. They are our most economical technique for expanding experience. Hearing them, we have the sense that we can stand, that we are indeed standing, in another person’s shoes. When the stories are true, that experience is a powerful incitement to action.”
- Inga Clendinnen
Told well – with empathy, beauty, clarity and an understanding of how power works – stories can change the world.
