52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 34 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) Positivity has had some bad publicity recently. The phrase "toxic positivity" has had a lot of play time in … Continue reading Positivity
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 33 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) Isn't that a great word? Imperturbability. It is a word to describe Steiner's third exercise, equanimity, sometimes referred to … Continue reading Imperturbability
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 32 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) It must be clearly realized that the purpose of this training is to build and not to destroy.The student … Continue reading The Purpose is to Build, Not Destroy
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 31 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) People who call themselves practical imagine that their actions are guided by the most practical principles. When you look … Continue reading Jogging Along with Old Opinions
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 30 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) If anything be said to which we must reply, we must be careful to consider the speaker's opinion, feeling, … Continue reading Differing Opinions
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 28 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) The question to be asked is not: what does an individual need to know and be capable of doing … Continue reading Developing Potential
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 27 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) We were not able to form a school based upon a particular worldview at the Waldorf School. Instead from … Continue reading Is Waldorf Religious?
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 26 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) The effect of a fairy tale on our soul is spontaneous, elementary, and therefore remains unconscious. When we try … Continue reading The Effect of a Fairy Tale
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 25 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) An Example of How not to Teach PaintingDr. Steiner: “A Mr. X has appeared in town X. He is … Continue reading How Not To Teach Painting
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 24 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) It was asked whether children should be broken of left-handedness. Dr. Steiner: “As a rule, yes. Left-handed children, while … Continue reading Left-handedness
