Two Stones

By Ron Teachworth and Todd Weinstein

Ron Teachworth is an artist, filmmaker and a writer. In all of these mediums he deals with the metaphysical. His thirty years of painting, and his independent feature film Going Back, as writer/director, contributed to his ability to tell a story that brings people back. His college teaching experience and his Jungian background has given him insight into the universal psyche of young people. Two Stones is a combination of story, photography, and ancient symbolism.

Two Stones

Young Analisa stands quietly in the late afternoon sun on the shore of Lake Michigan, preoccupied with the memory of an argument between her parents just shortly before their arrival to their vacation cottage: So begins Ron Teachworth’s short story "Two Stones." So distracted is Analisa that at first she fails to hear a voice, and when she does is startled to find that the voice is that of a stone: "Don´t be afraid," the stone tells her. "I am here for you to find. I have been waiting a long time. Please don´t be afraid."

Reading between the lines of this entertaining story for young people, we detect the inner workings of the Self, the whole of who we are, with its fragile persona. The two stones become a metaphor for the young girl’s parents. Out of the depths of the Self comes native wisdom and insight, and for Analisa the teaching of the stones is the basic text of being in relationship with others. Ron Teachworth is a writer who tells stories of depth to and about young people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 26, 2008
• ISBN: 9781984582522

Ron Teachworth

I grew up in Detroit and spent my teenage summers on my grandparent's farm in rural Tennessee.  I have a BA, and an MA from London Film School and developed my writing skills while working in educational television and film.  I have taught at the college level and recently founded the Detroit Art Review, where we publish visual art reviews weekly. I wrote and directed a feature film, Going Back, for Vestron Pictures starring Bruce Campbell. Now available on Amazon. I wrote a children's book, Two Stones, self- published at Xlibris. I wrote a novel, The Annunciation, that was a finalist in the 2015 Indy Book Awards and a collection of YA short stories, Beyond, that was recognized in national competition at Shelf Unbound.

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