We tell stories to create ourselves. In the process of telling and retelling our life’s story, we construct a person who is defined by the decisions they made and the ways they’ve changed. The facts of our past blur into new shapes every time we look back on them. Noise becomes signal; what was previously a hobby or a chance meeting now is seen as pivotal. We ascribe desires onto our younger selves to explain our actions. Our past is never gone but transformed, living with us in the form of shifting stories that frame our perception of the present. Everything always leads up to now.
Metanarrative
Metanarrative
Metanarrative
We tell stories to create ourselves. In the process of telling and retelling our life’s story, we construct a person who is defined by the decisions they made and the ways they’ve changed. The facts of our past blur into new shapes every time we look back on them. Noise becomes signal; what was previously a hobby or a chance meeting now is seen as pivotal. We ascribe desires onto our younger selves to explain our actions. Our past is never gone but transformed, living with us in the form of shifting stories that frame our perception of the present. Everything always leads up to now.