Slg0099 Looking back

Some of my ideas stop and I have to wait a while, these two drawing is the start of what finally begins to move again

The storyline idea on more than one place

Logbook and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

I had my hands full just trying to grasp what I was doing in one place, putting up the same storyline on two places seemed next level, and now I am there…

I like that stories in the digital world can jump in ways you can’t do in say a traditional book, that easy. Back twenty years ago we called it “hypertexts” and we thought we had invented the wheel. well, not quite I think now.

Looking back it feels more like we just scratched the surface of what some ancient storytelling techniques like aboriginal “songlines” have been doing for thousand of years.

I am so baffled about what paths narratives can take, and the connections between storytelling and walking trails, and our stories and reality, so I keep experimenting…

See my whole storyline grid here

Keywords: logbook, storyline, sketchbook, diary, walking, songline, notes

Log, text and illustrations by Frits Ahlefeldt. FritsAhlefeldt.com