by Shannon Turner | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, GCDD Storytelling Project
My work over the past three years has been so rewarding, challenging, inspiring. It’s helped me to level up in my understanding of intersectionality and the impact of our stories. (View the 2017 & 2018 StoryMuse Annual Reports.)In particular, I’ve spent the last...
by Shannon Turner | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog
This month’s issue of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities “Making a Difference” magazine happens to feature two stories from the #GCDDStorytellingProject which are also featured in the final episode of #HiddenVoices, premiering October...
by Shannon Turner | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog, walks with grief
It was just about this time last year my mom and I went on vacation in North Georgia. Because she drove down from Tennessee and I drove up from Atlanta, we had two cars and followed each other from one town to another. After spending a lovely day in downtown...
by Shannon Turner | Sep 25, 2019 | Blog, nostalgia, vulnerability, walks with grief
I’m pleased to share that I had a story recently published in an online journal called gutwrench. This is by far one of the most vulnerable pieces I’ve ever written. I’m hoping to include it in my upcoming book, Walks with Grief. Click here to read...
by Shannon Turner | Aug 28, 2019 | Blog, self-image, transformative storytelling, trauma, walks with grief
I like to call it metaphoritis. Artists of all disciplines see metaphors in literally everything. It’s a great opportunity to see the world in this way, to connect up seemingly disparate thoughts or events, to divine meaning in a found penny from a meaningful...
by Shannon Turner | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog
Hey, friends and fans. I’m so pleased to have the opportunity to share with you the full online catalogue of the #GCDDStorytellingProject. As you may remember, I have been a part of a team who has traveled the state of Georgia over the last year and a half,...