The Larger Truth Lie
The recent death of Jordan Neely has me thinking once again about the power of narratives in our current culture. So many people willingly allow themselves to jump to conclusions their predetermined narrative creates. Although much has been written about our narrative driven world ( some of my prior thoughts ), I still find it an important topic to discuss and understand. Narratives are the frameworks we use to interpret and make sense of our world and the events that happen along the way. They contain accepted beliefs about the context of those events, along with assumptions we hold about those involved. Narratives allow us to fill in the holes and gaps of stories we may not understand or have sufficient evidence. They often contain elements of truth or an appearance of truth, which make them more appealing. Most of the time, however, narratives are dismissive or a rationalization of inconvenient truths or facts. Narratives are also prec...