057 with Kelly Gardner - On Storytelling and Everyday Inspiration

What's happenin' Zengineers?

Our guest this week is Kelly Gardner, a filmmaker, teacher, community leader, and friend. He has a great radio voice and does an awful lot of speaking for a living, so get ready for some serious ear candy, and a deep dive into the philosophy of story telling through the ages. This episode is a delightful conversation informed by the mind of a professional storyteller.

We kick off with Adam and Kelly reminiscing about film school and dabble a little into the evolution of film and camera technology, a series of monumental global shifts that have put the professional tools of storytelling into the hands and pockets of everyone on Earth. We discuss stories all around us, how we capture those stories, how we tell those stories, and how we use those stories to inspire the world.

Modern media moves so quickly, however, that the "hows" and "whys" are constantly morphing, forcing a change in our relationship with it as well. We close with some discussion about modern media and what to make of a world where we’re constantly bombarded by other peoples' stories. Some are wonderful & whimsical and some are heart-wrenching & misleading. How do you manage your own story in that context?

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Cheers,

Adam & Brian