The premise of this course is to examine the fleeting nature of narrative within the contemporary era. As humanity is embedded in a post-digital era, we must recognize ritualistic traditions and long-form narrative are consistently competing with the short-term burst content of social media and large language model Artificial Intelligence content generation. Remaining human in the age of big-data and AI is becoming a more complex situation for humanity to navigate. For us to stride into a future of limitless information and potential AI consciousness, we must be willing to consider the necessity to preserve personal narrative in a multitude of forms. The premise of this course is to introduce the student to the importance of both communal and personal narrative and its fleeting nature. Given the fast-paced nature of the contemporary era, stories seem to slip into the cracks of fast paced scrolling and disappearing imagery through the virtual lens. This course will examine the importance of narrative within a structure of the greater community through storyteller listening sessions involving a multitude of local storytellers from various backgrounds, as well as investigations into public and private art pieces depicting and preserving narrative. Students will also have a hands-on experience with traditional paper making, bookbinding, and letter press printing to create upcycled handmade matrixes to document and share lived experience story telling.