So, listen. This is Darla, from ” Darla the Roller Derby Queen”.
If you’ve read the book you know I do most of my storytelling, and my listening, on a park bench. I never know who will be on the bench with me, but it always turns out to be the right person at the right time with the right message. That’s just the way it works.
If you haven’t noticed, there are a LOT of benches around. Just start paying attention and you’ll see them. In parks, obviously, but also in front of buildings, in train stations, in cemeteries. You will see benches in movies, in advertising campaigns, and just sitting there in front of you. I can go on and on, but you will get the picture if you just start looking around.
And there is no better place, metaphorically, to get to know someone you probably wouldn’t meet otherwise. You just have to quit talking and learn to listen.
That’s what the blogs in Art of the Listen will be about.
So, listen. You just might meet a friend.
Skate On.
Darla
(Waiting for the ferry to go to Bolivar Peninsula on the Texas Gulf Coast.)