Why storytelling?

Musing on my origin story as a ‘Storyteller’

I’ve loved storytelling since I was a little girl. Since my parents read to me Dreamtime stories of First Australians, Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, and a children’s version of the Bible. I wouldn’t fall asleep unless they read to me a poem, a limerick, a short story, or a chapter or two. I started reading independently very young, and haven’t stopped since.

I’m sure I’m not alone. We humans have been telling stories as long as we’ve had language.

It started a lifetime obsession with reading and storytelling.