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This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
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Photos of our students at work are published solely for the promotion of the Wisdom of the Hands program and Clear Spring School. Other uses are strictly prohibited and copyright will be enforced.
Questions about Wisdom of the Hands can be addressed to
Doug Stowe
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- Doug Stowe
- I have been a self-employed woodworker in Eureka Springs, Arkansas since 1976. I live with my wife Jean on a wooded hillside overlooking our beautiful historic community. In addition to work in my wood shop,I'm retired from teaching at the Clear Spring School in a program called "The Wisdom of the Hands." That experience is summarized in my book, "The Guide to Woodworking with Kids". My book "Wisdom of our Hands: Crafting, A Life" is my attempt to explain the importance of hands on learning. I also write for Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking and other woodworking magazines. My new book, Designing Boxes will be released on April 16, 2024. My resume can be downloaded at www.dougstowe.com/resume.doc
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I've heard it is not the easiest thing to do!
ReplyDeleteIt seems to take practice like anything else, and in order to practice, you have to have an interest in it. We have always bought tofu, but are pleased that Lucy is interested in making her own. It is kind of a hippy/new-age thing to do, and I guess apples do fall close to the tree.
ReplyDeleteI use it in Chinese hot and sour soup, but I've got to confess I use the store bought kind.
ReplyDeleteMario
Tofu, may seem rather bland, but it is good at absorbing flavors so is great in Chinese food. We also buy it at the store rather than making it. The process is rather simple. A friend of ours started a business making alfalfa sprouts, so it is easy to see how working out the bugs in something can lead to the creation of a small business, and it will be the small businesses and individuals starting small businesses as a last resort that have the greatest capacity for reversing the economic decline (or collapse maybe). And simple things made to engage others in the joy of cooking are also a great way to engage the hands. By making tools like the tofu press, you use your own hands to give action to the hands of others.
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