Reading: Telling
Name:_____________________________ Period:______

Women, Native, Other
Trinh T. Minh-ha

The story never stops beginning or ending
It appears headless and bottomless for it is built on differences.
The story circulates like a gift,
An empty gift which anybody can lay claim to by filling to taste,
Yet can never truly possess.
A gift built on multiplicity.
One that stays inexhaustible within its own limits.
Its departures and arrivals,
Its quietness.

In Groups

1.Interpret each line of Mihn-ha’s passage in a visual manner as to convey its meaning. Then write one sentence that sums up what Mihn-ha is saying about the power of stories.

2.Explain the relationship between this passage idea of story and of Bill Reids "Raven and the First Humans" (give examples from both Reid's artwork,its story and Mihn-ha's passage)

Individual:

3. What story do you know and would like to pass on which connect you to the present and to your past and your future.