Category Archives: Air

The Elements

Posted on December 9, 2012 by wcturgeon

William McClain, who has posted here a couple of times, recommended this magical video from Iceland.  It features the music of Sigur Ros, the Icelandic group, and a theater troop of developmentally disabled adults who offer us this play on … Continue reading →

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9-11

Posted on November 20, 2012 by cstaubitzer
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The Northern Lights

Posted on November 14, 2012 by mleun

Polar lights (aurora polaris) are a natural phenomenon found in both the northern and southern hemispheres that can be truly awe inspiring. Northern lights are also called by their scientific name,aurora borealis, and southern lights are called aurora australis. Colors and … Continue reading →

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Night

Posted on November 11, 2012 by wcturgeon

Night: an element of air, of water, of earth, the antithesis of fire?  Macauley’s chapter invites the reader to consider the daily cycling through darkness as more than a simple turn of the planet away from the sun. Identify the … Continue reading →

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Hymn to Osiris

Posted on November 6, 2012 by wcturgeon

My children have both become involved with Waldorf ideas from their work at Camphill Communities and farming experiences.  The following poem captured beautifully, I thought, the intersection of nature and humanity. Hymn to Osiris I have come home. I have … Continue reading →

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Heaven and Hell

Posted on October 23, 2012 by mmcateer2

Heaven Many people who believe in heaven and hell usually associate them with heat and cold. Hell is usually associated with fire and brimstone. Heaven is usually associated with being above the clouds and therefore being cold. Hell is more-so associated … Continue reading →

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Cloud

Posted on October 19, 2012 by dmorales2
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Purple Clouds

Posted on October 18, 2012 by mmcateer2

Purple clouds, These types of clouds are some of the rarest types of colors for clouds of all the possible ones, but in my opinion, the prettiest color. These clouds are made only in the perfect senario of time of … Continue reading →

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Clouds: part II

Posted on October 13, 2012 by wcturgeon

Under our header of Air you will find  a new page which invites you to think about Clouds.  This post will invite you to explore cloud imagery as suggested by David Macauley and by myself.  Can you identify the images … Continue reading →

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Earth

Posted on September 27, 2012 by cstaubitzer

Thought provoking.

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