by Michael Rolon | Sep 29, 2020 | How To Tell A Story
Chapter One: Intro to the Journey Thanks to a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College whose area of focus was in comparative mythology and comparative religion, the idea behind one of the greatest philosophies of storytelling has been brought to the...
by Michael Rolon | Sep 22, 2020 | How To Tell A Story
Masters of the Universe If you’ve been holding out for a hero up until this point you are in luck, As a product of the greatest decade in the 20th Century you call me biased but I ❤️ the 80’s. I mean let’s face it whether it’s the movies, the music, the tv shows, the...
by Michael Rolon | Sep 15, 2020 | How To Tell A Story
Welcome to the ’70s where Disco fever swept the nation courtesy of John Travoltas swaying to the high pitch grooves of the BeeGees. There were offers no one could refuse including a certain politician who was definitely not a crook, okay he was totally a crook! ...
by Michael Rolon | Sep 2, 2020 | How To Tell A Story
Part 2- The Golden Age AKA America F’ Yeah! After the birth of the what many would consider the golden age of comics it was followed up by a decade that took that notion to heart in the 1940s where we would see a lot of the heroes that we know by a household name all...
by Michael Rolon | Aug 26, 2020 | How To Tell A Story
Part 1- The Dawning of the Super Man While yes it would be easy to talk about the structure of The Hero’s Journey using a rudimentary approach, what kind of storyteller would I be if we focused on the same mundane approach to edifying Joseph...
by Michael Rolon | Aug 19, 2020 | How To Tell A Story
As the opening credits finish transitioning into the overlap of flashed images you are greeted with the screen focused on a man lying still who also happens to be the narrator. For the sake of this imaginative story and for your mental listening pleasure...