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Artificial Intelligence & Storytelling
By Connor McMullen with art by deepai.org & DALL-E 2. Recently the DISC community has been on the most wonderful of adventures! Three...
Connor McMullen
Jun 9, 20236 min read
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Storytelling in fundraising
Life is complex. And so are the conflicts that arise in our world. Things are hardly ever ‘just one thing’. More often, the things that...

DISC blog
Sep 21, 20222 min read
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The DISC Storyteller Beginner's Course (Journey)
I bristled when Michael asked me to take the Beginner’s Storyteller Course with DISC. I’m not a beginner, I thought. I looked up at the...
Connor McMullen
Jun 18, 20217 min read
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Become a STORY SUPPORTER, Support our Cafe's!
Support our Storytelling Cafe's.

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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The Two Frogs - A Japanese folk tale
Once upon a time in the country of Japan there lived two frogs...

DISC blog
May 30, 20203 min read
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The Strawberry Story – A Cherokee story
When the world was young, there lived the First Man and the First Woman. First Man and First Woman had an argument...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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Buttering the Bread – from ‘The Wise Men of Chelm and their Merry Tales’ by Solomon Simon, Poland
Some time ago, in the town of Chelm, on the far east border of Poland, a young man lived, known by the name of Yossel...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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The Pig and the Peacock – Les Fables De La Fontaine, France
On the wall of a grand and beautiful estate lived a grand and beautiful Peacock. She was very shy and easily embarrassed...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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Don’t shake hands with everybody – The Cow-Tail Switch and other West African Stories by Harold Cour
Frog had a large farm. When it was time to clear and plant he went down to the village to get help...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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Creation Story - Send in by Kathleen van der Weerd
Adam was walking the Garden of Eden and called out to God, ‘You used to walk with me every day. Now I never see you anymore. I am lonely...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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The bird in the forest - A Jataka Tale from India
Once there was a forest and in that forest there was a tree and in this tree lived a little bird. The little bird loved her home...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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Hanging from a cliff - A Zen Tale from Japan
There was once a man who was being chased by a tiger across a field. He ran and ran and ran to escape the ferocious tiger until suddenly...

DISC blog
May 30, 20201 min read
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Fire in the trees – a Native American Story
A long time ago, all fire belonged to the Fire Gods who lived in a tipi on top of a great, big mountain. They kept the fire away from...

DISC blog
May 30, 20203 min read
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Three fish in a lake – a Persian story by Rumi
Once upon a time there was a big lake in a faraway country. Three shiny, fat fish lived in it, very peacefully...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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An old dog in the Jungle – an African Tale of Wit & Wisdom
Once in the deep Jungles of Africa, an old dog had wandered away from the village and got lost. He could not find his way home...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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Soup stone – a Global Tale - with thanks to Desirée van Keulen
Once upon a time, a man travelled the roads and came to a small village looking for a place to stay the night...

DISC blog
May 30, 20203 min read
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The Rabbi and the Monastery – a Hasidic story
For centuries, an impressive monastery stood on top of a hill overlooking the area. People came from far and wide...

DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
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The Little Gnome who had to stay home – by Susan Perrow, Australia
Little Gnome was confused. Why did he have to stay home? Didn’t everyone know how little gnomes love to roam!

DISC blog
May 23, 20202 min read
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The Father And His Sons - a Fable by Aesop, Greece
A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. Every day, something small would set one of them off and...

DISC blog
May 23, 20202 min read
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The sleepy Samurai – a Japanese Tale
There once was a young Samurai who was rather brave but at the same time very lazy and this was a problem...

DISC blog
May 23, 20203 min read
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