Sitting on a Story
Sitting on a Story Blog Bench Insider : 1. I’ve chosen a picnic bench that sits below a willow tree in a park that I have grown up in. This particular park has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember and was my instant choice for this project. This bench has been involved in so many events and phases in my life that will bring me stories to tell my children one day. This bench has been the setting for many sessions of sharing stories and gossip and i ’ve made friends here and lost them as well. I’ve had some of my best days and even some of my worst days at this bench. Through the good and the bad, it has never moved, not once. It’s always b e en a lways there, watching as I change . The bench is wooden and rough to the touch, representing its timeless existence. The surface is engraved with endless carvings of people who also sat at this bench before me. There are drawings that mean something to someone out in the world and initials that belong...