Why The Journey?

We are adopting the metaphor of a journey    as a theme for the Conference.

• it relates to our personal journeys as storytellers, 

• every participant will chart their own course through the Conference and its workshops    (see the story below!)

• FEAST itself is on a journey, and the Conference   is always travelling

However, we do not expect that every workshop will  tie explicitly to the theme! 

MAKING TRACKS 
a story by architect Frank Lloyd Wright

An Uncle, a serious, respectable no-nonsense type, had taken him for a long winter walk through the countryside. After they’d crossed a large, snow-covered field, the Uncle told Wright to look back and compare their two tracks.

The Uncle pointed out how the boy’s footprints zig-zagged aimlessly from the trees, to the cattle, to the fence, to the spot where he’d been tossing sticks at a rock. Whereas the Uncle’s path was purposeful – straight across the field, direct to the gate.

“Set your goal and never lose sight of it! This is an important lesson you should never forget!” urged the Uncle.

“And I never did!” Wright added, “I made up my mind right there not to miss most things in life, as my Uncle had.”

adapted from Everyday Greatness (Reader's Digest)