Storyjamming
Tips & Techniques for
Regenerating Oral Tradition

Where does
creativity come
from?

The mind is embodied, not just embrained.
Neuroscientist Antonio D’amasio

It may be far more parsimonious, today, to
suggest that mind is not at all a human
possession, but is rather a property of the
earthly biosphere—a property in which we,
along with the other animals and the plants,
all participate.
David Abram, “The Air Aware,” Orion Magazine, Sep/Oct 2009

Creativity comes
from a place...

...and we get to
participate in it!

I am interested in the way that a man looks
at a given landscape and takes possession of
it in his blood and brain.
Scott Momaday, The Man Made of Words

What does Australia
look like?

The Mighty Thor!

[Viola Spolin] saw how these kids who
could not get along on the street, who could
not communicate, who could not connect
with one another, who could not find the
means to see the worth of one another as
individuals would all of a sudden get it
together around the playing of games.
Mike Bonifer

When we Story-jam, we share the same vivid
waking Dream.
Willem Larsen

Play!

Yes, and!

I’m gonna make you
look awesome.

Be a little boring.

Warm up and cool
down whenever
you exercise.

Polaris

A Penny For
My Thoughts

Primetime
Adventures

In a Wicked Age

Mouse Guard

The Fifth World

Storyjamming can
save the world.

Play!