Turn Words Into Stories

In order for us to harness their energy, words must be given limits. They must be moulded into a manageable shape that does some kind of work in the world. Words must get turned into a story that can actually guide the decisions a doctor makes with an ill or dying person. This requires that we understand how words stop just being “more words” and become a story. So we must ask, what is a story?

—Ray Barfield