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Finding Confidence
February 24, 2025
When 54 Waldorf teachers were asked why they wished to commit to a 3-month storytelling training, most answered that they wanted to become confident. Confident storytellers. Confident teachers. Confident people. This question was tangential to my dissertation research, a program evaluation of a training program. It was clear that these Waldorf teachers valued storytelling as a primary pedagogical tool as well as being effective with conflict resolution, classroom management, creating community and restoring connection between students. The challenge, it turned out, was that these teachers lacked confidence to do what they knew was central to their work. For this reason, they took the training. More »
The Frog King or Iron Henry
February 18, 2025
The opening passage of the story brilliantly describes the distress in which the soul essence of a human being finds itself during its embodiment in matter. The king's daughter represents a human being existing in the spaces of eternity before it decides to descend the path of embodiment towards the density of matter. The golden ball which the princess throws towards the sky is a sign of perfection and speaks of the state which the soul enjoys in the primeval space of eternity before embarking on the path of embodiment. The sphere is the most perfect of all forms, and gold the most precious of all minerals. More »
Pasadena Waldorf School Choir, Resilient After Eaton Fire, Performs with Stevie Wonder at the 2025 Grammys
February 11, 2025
The Pasadena Waldorf School choir, composed of students including Pedro Carter—many of whom lost their homes in the Eaton Fire, which also destroyed their school—had the honor of performing alongside Stevie Wonder at the Grammys. Under the direction of PWS Choir Director Ted Masur, the students delivered a moving rendition of “We Are the World” as a heartfelt tribute to the late Quincy Jones, who originally produced the iconic song. More »
True, Kind, Necessary, Securing
February 4, 2025
Most every wisdom tradition cautions for the wise use of words, acknowledging their tremendous power to inspire and to wound. This might be most obvious on the world stage, where the words of someone like Martin Luther King Jr. can echo through history, capturing an era and galvanizing change. But I see the power so much more commonly wielded in the family. Through the noise and bustle of daily life, a parent’s words can help shape the way a child sees the world and, most importantly, sees themselves. In our era of spin and counter-spin, when words are parsed and split, where news stands beside opinion and embraces blogs, meaning is often drowned out. Just as it’s hard to cherish a toy lost in the middle of a mountain of play-things, when we say less, our words mean more. More »
Nairobi Waldorf School
February 4, 2025
A Village for Kids Hidden in the Woods - The project was commissioned by a Waldorf school in Nairobi, an institution deeply connected to nature and grounded in Anthroposophy. The concept was to create a small village for children nestled within the woods, preserving the old house on-site to accommodate additional classrooms and services. The land was a forest rich with native tree species, and the goal was to integrate the school harmoniously into the natural environment. To achieve this, classrooms were designed as a dispersed town, strategically placed in clearings within the forest. The classrooms have soft and organic shapes, with a spiral configuration, inspired by the maasai manyatas and other Kenyan vernacular architectures. The buildings needed to be constructed quickly, cost-effectively (achieving a cost of 250$/m² or about $22.75 per square foot), and with a temporary lifespan, as the plot lease is set to expire in 10 years. More »
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