The Magical Work of Narratives

By Alicia Ocon, European Project Manager, Andalucía Acoge

In this deeply personal reflection, Alicia Ocon explores how narratives—those told to us, those we tell ourselves, and those we dream—shape our sense of past, present, and future. Drawing from family memories, cultural archetypes, and her experience with the Future Narratives project, she shows how reconnecting with imagination and “magic” allows us to break free from limiting stories and choose futures rooted in reconnection, creativity, and possibility. The blog is both a critique of dystopian and pre-packaged futures and a declaration of the power to construct our own timelines through the stories we decide to live by.
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