The Narrative

I am noticing a theme in my classes this semester at school. Finding narratives and working out the processes and modes of expressing them. From painting sequential art to tell a story and suggest a 'narrative' to writing a research paper, with a perceived reader and a message to communicate.

Even my history class is all about loaded iconographic symbols and the messages contained within them. I was aware of the human want and need for understanding and meaning ~ a tendency to create narratives. This is just wild though.

I'm wondering if this is what my education is really about. Seeking out the origins of the stories of our lives and finding better ways of seeing and communicating it's path and progress? Perhaps this is just where my mind is at the moment and so this is a projection of what I think and feel.