Friday: Women Who RV – “I face that fear every day …” I of II (audio)
BySally: So here you are with a big Web site, www.togivevoice. com,
all of your own. But the big question is: Are you still
Sally: And what gets you beyond that? Because clearly, you’re
this stuff. Where does your love of the storytelling business
come in, in terms of telling other people’s stories that are
not fictional, for example?
Marion: One of the things Mom said about me as a kid is
me—to the point where she’d have to keep an eye on
me. And to me, that was just another story you hear
from your mom.
Someone I know said, “No, it’s something about
you personally.” So that was the first time I was aware
that people singled me out for a reason.
from in here. I don’t know if it’s a sense of empathy
or friendliness because I’ll tend to say “Hey” before
someone else does. I finally realized that’s my gift
and people don’t get heard, but they need to be heard
and that led to To Give Voice in terms of realizing
that’s my remaining life’s work.
Sally: People need to be heard. Can you say more about that? I
this is. I think this is really important—the whole “people
need to be heard” thing.
Marion: There are far more stories out there than I’ll ever have
from now, I think that effort will matter to someone.
My intent was to capture stories in a way that
would be put in a time capsule and buried somewhere
symbolically.
The challenge is that if people don’t keep up with
technology we won’t be able to hear these voices in
the future. The book becomes important because we
can still read it.
So the multimedia is important because it allows
me to afford people an opportunity to speak for
themselves. The only reason I’m being interviewed
is because others want to know, “Why are you doing
this?” Some people think I’m absolutely out of my
mind, and they’re probably right.
Remember…audio may not always match the text
due to book editing decisions…two different mediums.
