We
had a successful open house at the Clear Spring School despite terrible
rain throughout the day. Last night the rain continued with flash flood
warnings throughout Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. My wife
and I live on a mountaintop, but many of our friends do not, and we
could not help but worry for their safety.
The severity
and duration of the storm was such that I have never experienced
anything of its kind before. If global warming is a conspiracy by the
Chinese, as Donald J. Trump claimed throughout his campaign, I'd say
they've gotten good at it. And they're likely to get better at it while
the world gets worse. We live in a forest with trees adapted to the
climate in which we've live, and so serious climate change can put all
in the world around us at risk.
Today we have our Wisdom of the Hands Fundraising event. You are welcome to contribute by using this link.
Checks can be sent to the Clear Spring School, PO Box 511, Eureka Springs, AR 72632
I
keep writing in the hopes that my message reaches out, and that it
becomes refined to an irresistible essence. Unfortunately, people have a
very difficult time understanding that which they have not experienced
first hand. Seeing a thing or two on YouTube is not the same as having
taken materials and tools into one's own hands. In order to capture
children's imaginations, they must be encouraged to do real stuff and the same applies to the adults among us. The
engagement of the hands is a measure of reality, and the whole body reacts to learning when it is allowed to.
This a link to a review I wrote in 2009 of Matt Crawford's Book Shop Class as Soulcraft.
At today's fundraiser, two of my students will be teaching adults to make things from wood.
The photo above as taken by Arshia Khan for Arkansas Life Magazine.
Make, fix, create and assist others in learning likewise.
"Unfortunately, people have a very difficult time understanding that which they have not experienced first hand."
ReplyDeleteAnd there is the whole problem in a nutshell.