Metaphormosis -- change your metaphor, change your life: Ellen Waterston at TEDxBend

Literary muse Waterston brings a powerful voice to arts and humanities in Central Oregon. An award-winning author and poet, she teaches and inspires emerging writers of all ages. As founder and former director of the local nonprofit The Nature of Words, she has opened hearts and minds through creative writing classes and an annual literary festival. Waterston is now the founder and president of The Writing Ranch in Bend where she leads retreats and workshops for fiction writers and poets from around the world.
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[@HenryStradford]

I'm 43 and on a 2 year sabbatical to find out what I want to do with the rest of my life. Great talk!

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[@camrnjurena]

Just the way she talks is very artistic. The pauses she takes are so well timed they paint a picture. She's amazing.

[@monstervan]

Great talk! Very inspiring, thank you!!!

[@cindyhalpern3187]

Money is part of this equation. Be older without it, you rely on assistance. You can no longer travel or own your own home. You can't afford it. You have to go into senior housing. A nice talk for those with funds who can fuel a future. But for those who run out, it's a dead end.

[@AhmedBodhi]

"What question does your life answer" didn't really learn anything about metaphors she rambled too much about being old.

[@BlindEyeJones]

Confusing in some way: we are part of a story and yet we can change the story with a change of metaphors... so what the story behind the story?

[@d-rex6846]

The story behind the story is your creating your story, enjoy the pages

[@alxpz]

Mmm... I would call this "copy other metaphor"... for the original ones, Terence McKenna

[@weewee33wee44]

Nice speech .. but should have been summrized a couple of minutes

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