JANUARY 17, 2017

 
 

Carrying the Same Narrative Urges as Our Ancestors

At Journey Group, stories are in our blood. But we don't think we're that special. Learn more about what we're up to with Story Matters.

With this inaugural release, we bring you a project from our president, Greg Breeding, born from his reflections on image and memory while in Basel, Switzerland, this past summer.

Ponder their stories
 
 
Family in India walking toward a temple

Looking for Light

Ron Londen, partner and producer at Journey Group, considers the "normal" of dark and bright in one of the darkest places in India during a recent trip with the International Justice Mission.

Story Matters

Pale dogwood Pantone shade

Making Pale Pink Cool

"Millennial pink" is the "it" color of the season. How did this shade gain such popularity, and how do colors carry so many connotations?

The Ringer

Still from poem animation

Deep Breath Beginnings

Gorgeous animation from our fellow Charlottesville resident Matt Smithson brings a resonant poem by Stacey Lynn Brown to life.

Motion Poems

Woman in modified Hopper painting looking at a cellphone

Technology Nearly Killed Me

What happens to us, as human beings, if we can't escape the information addiction? Andrew Sullivan shares how the internet broke him.

New York Magazine

Shakespeare and some actors in a graphic design

Why Do People Like What They Like?

Why are we so attracted to new things? Meet some people with an uncanny ability to make just about anything popular.

The Atlantic

Hiker walking on a trail near a valley

This Is the Sound of You

Lean in as former U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin welcomes the new year with his characteristic and enduring gentleness.

Poetry Foundation

 

"For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice."

— T.S. ELIOT, "LITTLE GIDDING"

 
 

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Story Matters is the publication of Journey Group, devoted to celebrating the craft of storytelling in all its many forms.
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