Looking out the window

And other framing devices

Hello Sojourners!

Story is everything. The way we frame our identity is a story. The stories we tell ourselves affect our relationships, ambitions, and limitations. We use stories to understand everything from banking to politics to god and daylight saving time.

I started seriously writing haiku six years ago as a way to understand what the core of a story was. I figured if I could tell stories in 17 syllables, I would be better able to tell other kinds of stories.

Then I got hooked. Instead of moving on to other things, I went deeper into 17-syllable stories and eventually combined them with comics as a way to further push the limits of storytelling.

One thing that I’ve learned is that the frame you use is the most critical decision storytelling decision you will make.

Your audience can only see what is in the frame. When you tell stories about yourself, you are the audience. The way you frame your story affects the options you have.

What are you doing to frame your life story in a way that empowers you to live your best life? What is still in the frame that shouldn’t be?

Be the weird you want to see in the world!

Cheers,

Jason

P.S. This is—gasp—day 10 of 14 in my poetry comic challenge!