Elements of CST
Your Story
Building Your Archive
Working with Memory
You start off with the ideas you currently have and you just talk and write, gradually uncovering different ways of seeing the life you've lived and the world in which you've lived, shifting into a new vision, with implications for how you see and conduct your days.
Working with Memory
Building Your Archive
Working with Memory
Memory is fallible, and it can take work to uncover a more accurate and useful understanding of where you've really come from and who you really are. As more information presents itself, you embark on a journey of discovery to places you never could have imagined at the outset.
Building Your Archive
Building Your Archive
Building Your Archive
The more texts and recordings you amass and go over, the more you start to question what's really significant and worth pursuing. Soon, you become adept at producing content that helps you chart a course to new discoveries, which continue to build up over time.
Personal Essays
Building Your Archive
Building Your Archive
As you amass your archive and make new discoveries, you gather the raw material for more structured expression, and the personal essay is an effective medium for bringing together all the disparate information you've collected into a narrative that makes more sense to you.