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 Circles - Kathy Bennett, Saskatoon, SaskatchewanI find it easiest to tell stories around a campfire. I'm not certain why. Maybe it's because campfires are synonymous with holidays and relaxation. Even my husband - a very reluctant teller -can be persuaded to tell a story around a campfire once in a while.
The song that says "all my life's a circle..." has kept playing in my mind lately, and that is exactly what I have tried to depict on this quilt block. I have taken the two points at which I always learn new stories -SC-CC conferences (portrayed by a coloured version of our logo), and campfires - and I have used them as points from which I tell and listen to stories. As I go from one 'learning' point to the other, I tend to share the stories I've learned with other story circles -shown at the 'eastern' and 'western' points of the quilt block.
In this way, we learn stories at conferences -stop to share them with a circle - share and learn more stories at the campfire -story to share them with a circle - share the stories we've learned over the previous year at the SC-CC conference and learn new stories to share.
This is what storytelling IS, to me - a circle of learning and sharing.
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