For over seven years, Diane has been traveling to remote villages in the mountains of Southeastern Turkey to document the last generation of Kurdish storytellers. Over the course of her travels she has documented fairytales, legends and animal fables as well as hero legends like Rusteme Zal and stories of the Shahmaran ~ half snake, half woman. Her story collecting project has resulted in the publication of A Fire In My Heart: Kurdish folktales the first collection of Kurdish stories in English. More coming soon about this ongoing project…
The visual symbol for Living Myth is a Turtle being flown across the mountains on the wings of Birds. We need to keep ancient truths and wisdoms found in the old mythologies and carry them with us into this new century. Living Myth Events bring together ancient myths and modern landscapes to create new and vital intersections of Myth and Life. Events have taken place in such unexpected locations as the Boston subway system (Millennium LabyrinTh (page coming soon) – co-created with Mari Novotny-Jones and with Ean White), and the groves of the Arnold Arboretum In the Groves (page coming soon) created with Celtic Harper Margot Chamberlain.)
