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■ Clackamas Print_______ 7.2007____________Art^^ntertainment 7 Ayth master swallows audience amythbe? ClackamasMythologylnstructor Jan Anderson said the answer is, “a myth can be as old as language Excited students watched itself.” This idea becomes especially |i anticipation in RR 220 last interesting when drawing connec dnesday, when professional Sto tions between the recurring mystery ller Will Homyak surprised the of the sacred direction north, in ¡vd: Since today we are looking Indian myths, and their migration jidian mythology, why don’t we approximately 25 .thousand years n with a folktale from Japan.” ago. People like Homyak continue Homyak is neither Native this tradition today. ierican, nor Japanese, but he . At first, it might seem a little out itinues to remind his audiences of place for a storyteller to be at a the importance of oral tradition, business conference, the state peni ¡ch is the foundation, or “bones” tentiary, or the American Cancer e put it, of any culture. Society, but when one comes to The last thing to disappear understand myth as Homyak does, u a culture is their myths,” said it becomes clear. nyak. “From just a few stories, Homyak explained that myth can tell a lot about how people is practical, “always in touch with what’s timeless in our experience.” gilt.” ' . At a time before television and He continued to explain that there rtran Idol, people told stories, are no lies or “myths” in myth. ■ course, the most tempting and “It’s so true it keeps happening ¡■¡table question is, how old can again and again and again,” he said. tt Tammik te Clackamas Print . “Myth comes from the edge of our experiences, from the highest of the high, from the lowest of the low; myth comes from the bizarre. “This world takes on great meaning with the spiritual ... the kind of relationship we have with the spiritual world is what creates quality here.” After telling the story of a “great swallowing monster,” Homyak quizzed his audience, asking, “Who is swallowing monster?” “There’s no right answer,” he said. “Swallowing monster could be the boss you asked for a raise from last weekend. Swallowing monster could be alcohol, depres sion, or the U.S. government, It could be Wal-Mart; it just wants more and more.” ‘T could be swallowing mon ster,” he continued. ‘You got to get inside, to deal with the beast, and its dark inside... Most importantly, swallowing monster will be back.” Popular card game threatens the innocence of a nation By Jeff Sorensen 1 1 Holy crap, there are sòme twisted people on the Internet I know a phrase like that is usually followed with an mthusiastic “duh,” but I recently hu n loaded a game on my X- Box 360 that proved just how 6r some people will go for a «action. In fact I would go so br as to say this particular game, if left to its devices, could single- iandedly ruin the innocence if our nation’s children, A couple months ago, licrosoft made an X-Box ive camera available to the lasses. “Live” players can ow see and interact with ich other for just $39.95 plus avice fees (yeah ... cameras are always such a good idea), Anyway, some online friends andldownloadedthisgametohelp us wind down after hours of tense Rainbow Six online competition, The game is supposed to be a vehicle for people to get used to their spifiy new X-Box cameras, and serves that function extremely well. Players can wave to their friends, flip off their enemies, and even show off prized possessions or family members to friends in different comers of the world in real-time and with impress« e picture quality. Within the firstday, however, I started to hear stories. One of the guys 1 met online from Idaho goes by the name “Toby.” Toby was playing the game recently, getting a bit of use out of his camera and enjoying video feeds from other players, when a man in a bear suit logged into, the room. The man, without removing his suit, proceeded to pleasure himself * openly to the horror and disgust of the other three in tire room. Then, a few hours later, Toby, another friend of ours and myself had a nice, friendly game going, when a player logged into our open fourth spot and flipped on his camera, Notiiing was visible in the frame but what looked like a small bookshelf. Into the frame walked a robot, which I immediately commanded to dance ... and it did! Then its owner began beating it with what looked like a broom handle and the player logged out At the time of this writing, I’d had the game less than 48 hours. 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The requirements of a good storyteller are numerous; it is not simply tiie ability to retell infor mation. Rather, a story teller is an actor, a phi losopher, an improviser and a teacher. Hornyak himself becomes the characters in his stories by creat ing imagery and sound out of tiie empty space around him, and changing his voice and posture to fit the coyote or tiie swal lowing monster. Comedy is often entangled within the stories, and myth can suddenly surprise tiie listener with twists and Brandy-Marie Faulhaber Clackamas Print turns, moving quickly from tragedy to comedy. These teachings can be seen A good storyteller must be able as medicine, which explains why storytelling has been used to help to “edit” the story to fit the specific Vietnam veterans, and even prison situation, as mysteries unravel - but good storytelling also needs a good inmates recover. Above all, though, Homyak is audience. “There was a warrior,” Homyak an entertainer and a teacher. After receiving his Bachelor’s began, “and he had a horse. They Degree in journalism and history galloped across the land” - and in 1976, . Homyak traveled wide tiie entire room echoed with the ly across Latin America, work rumbling of feet beating against ing for the Inter-American Press the floor. Association. Immersed with the Homyak explained that there culture, he grew an interest in local is no such thing as the end in traditions of poetry, music and folk myth. “What’s going to end?” he tales. In 1994, he became a full-time asked. “When it’s all over, there’s professional stoiyteller, and ever always something in placé for a since has been working at schools, beginning.” ■ Architecture & Interiors Firms ■ Facilities Management « Corporate Offices ■ Hospitality Design ■ Healthcare Design • - . 9 Construction Project Management Learn more about Marylhurst's Summer Intensive start for the BFA program. 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