Much like things done and said throughout the world lately, nothing my friends do or say really surprises me anymore. For instance, a friend who lives in Seattle is moving to Costa Rica “to live near toucans,” she said. “Toucans are beautiful and known for their problem-solving abilities, so, you know, way smarter than the folks running this country. Go ... Read More ►
A Chladni figure: Fine particles gathered into form by the shaping power of sound on a sounding plate. Cymatics, Living Sound, And The Human Being In An Age Of Technical Listening There are moments when hearing becomes more than reception. Anyone who has sat in a truly living concert knows this. Before judgment begins, before one decides whether the music ... Read More ►
Educating for Presence in a Screen-Lit World The rapid pace of technological development challenges human consciousness. Our understanding of what technology is, how to use it wisely, and its potential harms often lags behind its adoption. For many decades, Waldorf education was able to delay adoption of screens for students, by advocating for developmental readiness based on the child ... Read More ►
“The Stars spoke once to humankind, It is world destiny that they are silent now. To be aware of the silence can become pain for earthly Human. But in the deepening silence, There grows and ripens what the Human Being speaks to the Stars. To be aware of the speaking can become strength for Spirit Human.” -Rudolf Steiner ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, In March of this year, I was invited to be part of a roundtable hosted by the Sanctuary for Living Arts (SOLA) on the topic of “Moral Technology,” just outside Asheville, North Carolina. In our discussions, one of SOLA’s founders Septimbor Lim shared a definition of moral technology as any tool “created with, and contributing to, Truth, Beauty ... Read More ►
Redoing Vocatin Adeline Lyons Young adults today are facing crises of identity. They must attend a career-breeding institution, and after crafting a pristine “self” that can be exhibited or described in a matter of minutes, they can expect to be hired. Thus, career has an unhealthy tyranny over identity. What one says about themselves at social gatherings these days ... Read More ►
Seed Song Bride Alona McWilliam Now the seeds that in late summer, Under the pressure of Sun, burst forth from the Blossom have found their resting place; cold, dark, still, in the Earth they lie, Enveloped by snow. I waken! Waken to the seed song, The flame, the kernel, The silent prayer within— That we fallen stars Are always ... Read More ►
Heart’s Guidance: An Economic Imagination John Bloom The mind thinks it loves; the heart loves before the thought. In our current stage of materialist economy, we are entranced with capital and disconnected from our hearts. This discord is a result of the inherent nature of capital, so centered as it is in the head, as the origin of ... Read More ►
Cow as Gift Laura Riccardi Lyvers I am in love with my cows. As child-like a thing as it is to say it’s the only way I want to begin, because it lives in me as a profound truth. I am amazed that the cow could become the center of my life, the thing that guides me. Their presence, their ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, In our daily lives, we are surrounded by advertising and exchanges of money and time, trying to convince us that anything can be bought, sold, measured by its worth in the marketplace. These experiences dominate our outer senses and often our thinking, feeling, and willing lives as well. At the same time, all around us and in our ... Read More ►
