After Kat's performance last week we began discussing contemporary storytelling and its potential to "put people to sleep" or "shake things up." Kat's performance reviewed some of the less than stirring storytellers she's watched this semester. More than a few of us agreed with her that something is missing from many of the stories we've witnessed. From my perspective, I'd say that missing something is audacity.
Audacity can mean rude or disrespectful behavior, impudence even; but it can also be the willingness to take bold risks. The latter meaning comes to us from the word's Latin origins. In Medieval Latin, according to the OED, bold behavior was called audacitas. This Medieval Latin was derived from the ancient Latin audax, meaning bold.
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