Sometimes, things happen that you more or less slide into from the side on a slippery banana peel.
I’m a member on a Facebook page for movie makers in Gothenburg. There a “Storytelling collaboratory meeting” event appeared that seemed very interesting to me indeed.
“A improvised meeting to talk about creating a new platform for storytellers to meet and exchange knowledge, have a working space and meet people of all ages. A politically independent free zone for labs, bridging initiatives and synapses. A first step for open dialogue and design determined by the attendees.”
An absolute must, I felt and joined.
The meeting took place in
Gothenburg Film Studios’ locations. In walked Jasmine. Can you not love a woman with part of her hair purple and with zebra striped market stall mittens? Of course there was more about her than that, but I think you get the picture.
She talked about DIY-days earlier this year (which I did not know anything about) and then mentioned that the floor below us was empty. And now she wanted to use this as a politically independent free zone for labs, bridging initiatives and synapses. A physical workshop with tools and workbenches, yoga corner and children’s area.
“So, what do you need?” she asked the group.
What did
I need to. . . ? Oops. . . What on Earth was I suddenly a part of?
I have no idea how many of us that thought that they would go to a meeting where we should network and build some form of storytelling platform of some other kind, but I sure didn't think the it would include a very real floor of a building.
There were no strings attached. I could leave the meeting without saying a peep and no one would be offended or remember me. Her enthusiasm and all-included and non-questioning attitude towards people smitten me. If I was there without being questioned that I had any rights or interests in being there, and she promoted an area that I too missed but thought of as unrealistic, why would I not participate?
An airbrush and a lathe are things I long to have access to. A “display-case” for things you have done that might get you work or connections would also be a great thing. Maybe a writer’s corner is a little too much to wish for since the level of noise probably could be rather high, but what the heck, why not?
I have no idea what will come out of this meeting. But it was inspiring and uplifting and positive in every sense.
Here are some stuff from the DIY-days and the Learn Do Share events.
And Jasmine's page.
