Living Story World! - Ainthinai landscape - Immersive Storytelling at Federation of Asian Storytellers Conference Sept 2026
LIVING STORY WORLD! COME ON A JOURNEY WITH ME TO TRAVEL THROUGH STORYLANDS! LIVING STORY WORLD workshop was inspired by landscape as metaphor. Here the landscape is mapped to emotions which is taken from Ainthinai Poetics (5 Landscape poetics of the Tamil Sangam Literature). Here the listener walks along with the Storyteller experiencing and interacting with story elements (inspired by AI & Gaming Storytelling!) How did I get this idea ?: My journey started with Ecotherapy! In 2022, I was offered a scholarship seat to do a certificate course in Ecotherapy by UK based, Buddhist charitable organisation Tariki Trust. Later I was invited to do a Diploma in Ecotherapy by founder of Tariki Trust, Carolie Brazier. As a stoyteller I am constatntly looking at cultural connections of my stories. In that process, one of the courses that stayed with me, was connecting to the land where I live (Archeotherapy by Harriet Sams), and knowing ways in which land, landscape,sou...