Post Tagged with: "New Frontiers"

“New Frontiers” an Event in San Francisco, November 2010

topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO In November, 2010 PenTales Storytellers gathered in San Francisco to share their perspectives on “New Frontiers.”

“An Immigrant’s Tale” by Shelby Burford, Kansas

“An Immigrant’s Tale” by Shelby Burford, Kansas

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT “Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which have been overcome while trying to succeed.” –Booker T. Washington “Freedom is more than crossing a border; freedom is a journey of the heart.” […]

Two Freedom Poems by Fiona Cameron, Paris

Two Freedom Poems by Fiona Cameron, Paris

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT, AUDIO as shared at a PenTales event in Paris Listen to the Story! Freedom #1 From darkness, to LIGHT And 24 hours of freedom. We dance, we fly, we fuck like crazy, and then we die. FREEDOM#2 Lifted high, and lowered to the ground…. she […]

“The High Price of Being Plugged In” by Kim Malchuk, Winnipeg

“The High Price of Being Plugged In” by Kim Malchuk, Winnipeg

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” Competition While walking through a shopping mall I witnessed a blatant act of human disconnection at its worst. A business man was walking through the mall while feverishly typing some response on his blackberry. He was completely oblivious to others […]

“New Frontier Mars” by Shawn Badlandi, San Francisco

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “New Frontiers”

“Unexpected Angel” by Farah Ghuznavi, Bangladesh

“Unexpected Angel” by Farah Ghuznavi, Bangladesh

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT She barreled through the crowd wrapped tightly around my shrinking figure, a miniature dynamo of flying blond curls and righteous indignation. “Leave her alone! What are you staring at?!” she barked, her sense of authority belied by her diminutive stature. The other children withered before […]

“Escape to Revolve” by Jeanny Gering, Lahore

“Escape to Revolve” by Jeanny Gering, Lahore

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT With her feet bare and the street steaming, I imagine Vera standing outside the railway station, on the day she turned her fate around. Her departure was not about going somewhere, it was about leaving behind what was hers. It was a typical day for […]

“Walk of Freedom” by Mimi Rana, Kathmandu, Nepal

“Walk of Freedom” by Mimi Rana, Kathmandu, Nepal

topic: DREAMS medium: TEXT Blood was oozing out of Limbu dai’s bullet wound.  I realized that he was going to die. This thought gave me a sense of relief. A tiny part of me still shifted uneasily however, each time he wheezed and coughed; cold appeared to have got his […]

“Great Expectations” by Perel Skier, Washington Heights

“Great Expectations” by Perel Skier, Washington Heights

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations” Everyone came to their wedding, everyone in the community and all her relatives from Israel, Monsey, England and Russia, and other Rabbanim from epicenters of study and leadership. He had never seen so many hats […]