Skip to content

Culture Me Up

  • Home
  • Contact

Tag: storytelling

Stories Could Help People Fall in Love with the World Again

April 23, 2021 Michael DornanLeave a comment

As botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer says, "The idea of reciprocity, of recognizing that we humans do have gifts that we can give in return for all that has been given to us [by nature] is, I think, a really generative and creative way to be a human in the world."

Posted in songwritingTagged art, creativity, ecology, independent musician, indie music, music, nature, reviews, storytelling

Returning Spirits

December 6, 2019March 10, 2020 Michael Dornan1 Comment

We go to cinemas for a different view of the world we live in, or to visit an imagined world and escape the laws by which this one's bound. Like the best films, Mati Diop's Grand Prix-winning film Atlantics satisfies both longings.

Posted in Cinema, Music ReviewsTagged Cinema, creativity, culture, films, indie, music, reviews, storytelling, writing

Things of Feather, Flight and Bone

November 22, 2019April 1, 2021 Michael Dornan2 Comments

In which my post-sleep brain comes to life in the company of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's genius; we consider the internal monologue of St Cecilia; and my new music project is announced.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged birds, creativity, culture, folk, illustration, indie, music, poem, poetry, projects, storytelling, writing

A Last, Very Locked Box: The Cinema and the Heart

July 4, 2018November 29, 2018 Michael DornanLeave a comment

It’s contained, like a lamp-bound genie, sought-after like hidden treasure and as glowing and inaccessible as the realm of the Wizard of Oz. The Room may know you better than you know yourself, so be ready for a stark discovery.

Posted in CinemaTagged adventure, Cinema, culture, european, maren ade, reviews, storytelling, tarkovksy, toni erdmann
A WordPress.com Website.
  • Follow Following
    • Culture Me Up
    • Join 31 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Culture Me Up
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...