Hello to one and all, I am so excited to present ‘Maya the Story Explorer’ to you and discuss how it came to be and what I hope it will achieve. If you want the quick version click here, if you want to know where to find me online click here.

What exactly is this “Maya The Story Explorer”? Well, its a section of my platform, that is focused on exploring stories. More on that below. It’s still connected to my platform, which means on socials you will see Story Explorer content on my main Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube accounts. However, on Youtube, and my blog, you will be able to sort this content by its category.

With that out of the way, let’s start off with why the platform is called ‘Maya the Story explorer’. While the basics are likely self evident; My name is Maya, and I love to explore the stories all around us, I want to dive deeper into why I chose the name.

I decided to not go only with “The story explorer” because I’m hoping to share parts of my story as well. There will be a lot of “me” in this platform. My thoughts and feelings, things I have experienced which I find important to share, or just share because I love it.

Saying that, while the stories I share for the most part won’t be objective, they will be factual. If I am sharing stories of something which I haven’t directly experienced, I will looking them up, giving the facts, and sharing my sources.

Its also important to state that while this platform has my name on it, it’s about more than me. Its about the stories. I want to give voice, and/or more reach to stories of all kinds. Stories which are important to hear, stories that will make you smile, stories which will teach a lesson, or open your eyes to a new way of viewing things, and the list goes on. Stories are all around us, they shape the world we live in. Stories are powerful, beautiful, and a lasting legacy that’s existed for as long as humans could communicate to one another.

Stories are also everywhere. We have personal stories that we have either experienced or seen from afar. There’s stories through history, through art (Music, visual art, dance, theater, the written word, etc), stories in places, in architecture, in objects, in the shape of and of the very land we walk.

Stories to me are more than a simple concept they are a tool for Empathy, awareness, passing traditions, learning, and so much more. I hope to use this platform to highlight stories of all kinds. I hope its also a good tool for me and others, to practice looking beyond the surface of whats around us to the stories and complexities that lie beneath.

Thank you so much for being here and taking the time to learn more about my vision for the “Maya the Story Explorer” platform and being part of it’s story.

With Love,
Maya, The Story Explorer.