Derek J Fiedler | Tales & Tradition | author Nicholas Kotar on the visceral effects of storytelling @DerekJFiedler | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Author, Translator, Speaker, Dcn Nicholas Kotar discusses the visceral effects of telling stories on children (and adults), growing up in a Russian household in San Francisco, writing fantasy fiction stories inspired by Tolkein and influenced by ancient tales, speaking at the Symbolic World Summit, and the launch of his Kickstarter campaign "In a Certain Kingdom" to preserve the tradition of Russian Fairy Tales for future generations.
- Nicholas's Kickstarter - kickstarter.com/projects/1402845448/in-a-certain-land-3-complete-slavic-fairy-tale-collections
- Nicholas Kotar website - nicholaskotar.com
- Watch Kotar, DeGraid, Rohlin, and Fiedler "How to Make Good Myths" - youtu.be/ZnGgGtTWmMo
- Check out Derek's new book 'Arrival & Exodus': open.substack.com/pub/derekjfiedler/p/arrival-exodus-book?r=d4e9f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Author, Translator, Speaker, Dcn Nicholas Kotar discusses the visceral effects of telling stories on children (and adults), growing up in a Russian household in San Francisco, writing fantasy fiction stories inspired by Tolkein and influenced by ancient tales, speaking at the Symbolic World Summit, and the launch of his Kickstarter campaign "In a Certain Kingdom" to preserve the tradition of Russian Fairy Tales for future generations.
- Nicholas's Kickstarter - kickstarter.com/projects/1402845448/in-a-certain-land-3-complete-slavic-fairy-tale-collections
- Nicholas Kotar website - nicholaskotar.com
- Watch Kotar, DeGraid, Rohlin, and Fiedler "How to Make Good Myths" - youtu.be/ZnGgGtTWmMo
- Check out Derek's new book 'Arrival & Exodus': open.substack.com/pub/derekjfiedler/p/arrival-exodus-book?r=d4e9f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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My name is Derek J Fiedler. I live in Lake County, Northern California. I'm a husband, father, creative artist, and conversationalist. I publish stories, articles, music concept albums, and video essays. Along the way, I share some of the conversations and research - like film analysis, book insights, and symbolic interpretation - that help me understand reality more clearly and improve my storytelling. Occasionally, I post articles for Jonathan Pageau's Symbolic World Blog (https://thesymbolicworld.com/author/d.... The best way to keep in touch is to subscribe to this YouTube channel and join my newsletter community at derekjfiedler.substack.com.
![Review of Queen of the Night Act 5 The Finale [a most enchanting tragedy]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sldTiRBmoaU/hqdefault.jpg "Review of Queen of the Night Act 5 The Finale [a most enchanting tragedy]
Heres my review of the finale episode of the modern silent film Queen of the Night by @dirtpoorrobins, where I breakdown the deeper meaning of the shows hidden details. Stay tuned for more analysis and conversations from the film series.
Watch Queen of the Night - https://youtu.be/YOd400MvePQ
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My name is Derek J Fiedler. I live in Northern California. Im a husband, father, writer, and conversationalist, who likes to take a deeper look into movies, culture, religion, and various levels of reality. I publish stories, articles, concept albums, podcasts, and video essays. Along the way, I also share parts of my learning journey through conversation, film analysis, book review, and symbolic interpretation. I write articles for the Symbolic World Blog (https://thesymbolicworld.com/author/derekjfiedler/), as well as newsletters and short articles about Life & Creativity at derekjfiedler.substack.com.")
