THE MEANDERWALKER

A large (and frankly, scary) part of my graduate program will include being creative and having actual artistic skills (which I have very little of). Another large part (that I feel more comfortable with) is storytelling; but I’m already feeling anxious about all the details that go into telling other people’s stories: how to find “good” compelling stories, how to deliver the story, how to illustrate it. And also, coping with not being good at it to begin with.

I’ve only recently gotten into This American Life — which is, honestly, really absurd because it’s basically exactly what I want to do with my life — but, Ira Glass is quickly becoming a source of information on storytelling and the creative process. And today, I came across these videos of him offering exactly that:

I don’t mind that he tends to be long-winded and repetitive – I like to hear what he has to say about what he does. He’s not afraid to admit that he wasn’t always so awesome at this whole thing and give some insight to people who want to do something similar (aka: me). Not to mention, he offers a unique voice to media (radio and tv and the internet) that is so oversaturated with people who look and sound the same.

(via LifeHacker)