Through the reading of the essay The Carrier Bag of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, an imaginative journey, the fermentation of wild herbs, flowers, and plums, and the constant engagement with the question how to narrate an experience without resorting to the hero’s schema?, the two artists have opened new horizons for reflection, to be discussed in the future, when narrating the possibility of dialogue and transition, learning from the plant society, will want to be told.
The hero’s tale is a widespread narrative structure, based on the transformation (or growth or evolution or catharsis) of a protagonist. To this often too narrow structure (because it is individualistic and unnecessarily competitive), we want to add a plural narrative of multiple experiences happening at the same time by multiple people or beings, without focusing on a particular protagonist and giving value to all. When the evolution of the community is the protagonist, we can—with all our individualities—speak of a we. The essay conveys this thought and helps to see with more eyes.
“Still there are seeds to be gathered, and room in the bag of stars.” Ursula K. LeGuin, The Carrier Bag of Fiction
