No one cries at the beginning. Why would they? There’s yet to be any reference points, personal connection or emotional landscape.
But the end? That’s when everyone cries.
Because that’s when we’re suppose to cry. That’s when there’s been enough character development and connection to where we are emotionally invested, completely immersed and allow ourselves to be whisked away into a different world and a different set of circumstances.
We know it’s not real but we cry like it is.
We know the movie or book or podcast isn’t happening to us right now but we are willing to suspend reality and adopt a posture that puts us closer to the middle of the story for the sake of feeling connected.
Storytelling has an arc. Those arcs come from (in part) the expectations we have as humans based on our own relational experiences…and the experiences going back generations.
It’s a process…
We meet someone or a group or a situation or a problem…we get to know it…we become connected….and that connection is the currency by which the doors open for deeper experiences.
