This young painting, showing the interaction of the colors brown and blue on a white ground, looks like this viewed vertically, with the brown on the left. Rotate the painting 45 degrees; images seen in the painting change. Rotate another 45 degrees. New images appear, old ones disappear. One more turn and the painting looks like this. Hey! A horse, looking behind a brown haired woman dressed in brown, talking to her grandmother. The addition of a red tone changes relationships in the painting, and more images appear. With the addition of a second blue pigment, visual possibilities change again, with new dimension and imagery available to the viewer. Turn the picture over, top to bottom. What you see depends on your point of view. Cards coming soon to the Living Traditional Arts shop. …READ MORE >
Wednesday, a New Painting Takes Wings
I worked for many years in Waldorf schools, where observations Rudolf Steiner made in the early twentieth century continue to inspire and challenge school communities. Not only the teachers but also the staff, organizational board, parents, students and visitors who come to a Waldorf school quickly feel that something different, and powerful, is happening…READ MORE >
From An Educator’s Notebook
TEN — Playing to improve confidence and familiarity with number facts. In arithmetic, complete familiarity and accuracy with basic number facts is important, so as an early grades teacher I played number games with students whenever there was a spare moment. The children studied number relationships while they had fun with each other, and…READ MORE >
The Hens
Looking back, I see that not all the data was fully in when Michael and I decided to move to Virginia. We had factored in a lot of things as we considered the move, with water and garden spot two important considerations. People, of course. What we hadn’t anticipated was the ticks, the wood ticks…READ MORE >
BACK FORTY REPORT
Afternoons I wear many hats, but mornings I get to be a farmer. The job pays nothing, indeed it costs money, but the rewards are priceless. Yesterday, glimmery, gloriously light and cool, and the sun smiled on the work of many spiders. They must have been working all night, creating mystical magical receivers in…READ MORE >
