Mystory Part 3: Pancake Pie

Ulmer gave the assignment for the entertainment discourse right off the bat at the beginning of the section. He instructed to find cinema and/or books that we remembered from our childhood and give an account of what we remembered. (127) There were a few things that immediately came to mind, but the top choice was a book I was read many times as a child titled Pancake Pie, written by Sven Nordqvist. I have discussed in past blogs and waves my horrible memory, and I didn't remember much about the plot of the book. The most vivid memory I had about the book prior to going back and reading it again (I amazingly was able to locate it at my parents house) was the page in the book where the travels of the main character are documented by a dotted line that weaves its way around the page. But really even more than that I reamember the feeling of lying in bed listening to my Mom read the story to me. Story time was a big deal in my house growing up prior to bed time, and my Mom was never stingy with reading. When I began to reread the story for the first time in years, I only made it past the first page before I had to start reading it aloud. It almost seemed wrong to keep it to myself. As the words filtered through the air of my bedroom (ironically enough I was reading it right before going to bed) I was immediatly reminded of the warm-fuzzy feeling I had as I cozied up under the covers of my twin bed to listen to my Mom read to me. I felt like I was five again. It was really great.

For the entertainment component of the Mystory I recorded myself reading the story aloud. (please start the video now if you have not already) There are no pictures, just audio because the words are what were more important to me as I reread it. It was hearing the story aloud that took me back to childhood and reminded me of why I liked the story of Festus and Mercury so much. I also like the idea of having components to the Mystory that stimulate all the senses..because life doesn't just effect your eyes. You feel it, smell it, taste it, etc. and if my life is going to be boiled down into all these Mystory discourse components then I feel I should attempt to stimulate as many senses as I can so the viewer can get a more complete picture of who I am.

What was more great to me however, was the fact that the book I chose is about cooking and food. I think I'm starting to see a trend and I'm getting hungry.