Musings on Writing, Reading, and Life Narratives
Fiction writers and literary critics speak of point of view. Social scientists are more likely to discuss perspective. But both of these terms refer to essentially the same construct: the consciousness behind the perception and narration of experience. Each individual’s point of view is unique, and point of view shapes the stories people tell to themselves and to others about themselves and their relationships with their environment. The same event narrated from two different perspectives will produce two different stories.
A change of perspective can expand our perception and reframe our thinking about our experiences. We can all benefit from an occasional change of perspective.
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"You have to start by changing the story you tell yourself about getting older... The minute you say to yourself, 'Time is everything, and I'm going to make sure that time is used the way I dream it should be used,' then you've got a whole
different story."
--Diane Sawyer
"I shall not grow conservative with age."
--Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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posted by Mary | 9:47 AM
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