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The Evening Muse │Life is Poetry │Inspiration
What’s the Rhythm of Your Life Story?
A Poem and Essay Exploring Rhythm and How We Make our Moves in Life
We are all different but similar. We can’t live without air or water. And each of us has our own rhythm in life that plays out to a beat. On our self-awareness journey, we will discover our life story becomes a melody.
Just as musicians, storytellers are trained in beat and flow. Moreover, as authors of our life stories, our lives play to a certain beat which becomes a distinct melody.
In storytelling, a beat is:
A story beat is a structural element of a narrative that’s used to mark an intentional shift in tone. Writers use story beats to structure their narratives and control emotional arcs of their characters. — Studiobinder
In life, these same beats play out, and as authors of our life stories when our lives shift we experience life arcs. What are life arcs? Life arcs are those things that come at us in life and how we choose to handle them. For example…
- A Marriage or New Relationship
- A Break-up or Divorce
