Daily Archives: July 6, 2020

focal points

Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform

How we Think has consequences – in our actions – in relation to others – to nature, to ourselves, & in the course of human evolution…

Is there a way that human beings can see, & be, in & with, the world, so that we can take hold of the process of becoming in such a way that it constantly develops anew, thru this seeing & being – A seeing that becomes a cognition of the heart; a way of being that develops a moral life?

Ethics and Morality – On Art and Aesthetics

To be moral is to be in right relationship.

Runaway Rant: A Problem with Morality and Art – Art & Crit by Eric Wayne
Terrence Blackhold

This is a living expression of spiritual reality – the essence behind the workings of this world. This kind of reality which we can seek to unveil for each other – which we can envision in every human being – is needed for us to become active co-creators – unfolding a reality of transformation – a humanizing – in all its relation-ships.

Opinion | The Morality of Selfism - The New York Times
Earnest Quenttan

Rudolf Steiner advanced a quest for knowledge that sought & recognized the power of our personal development in the meeting with the world & thru the meeting with others. The act of knowing, becomes participation in these often challenging relationships, creating a wise perspective that is open to tolerance, developing interest, which can manifest Love.

The only way is ethics: what are the moral obligations of a graphic  designer?
Vin Blaxor

Understanding ‘the other’ as a free human being, poses the difficult trial of understanding them thru their own concepts. Not always an easy thing, since we have to put our own opinions & judgement aside.  According to Steiner in his “Philosophy of Freedom”: “…We must take over into our own spirit those concepts by which the other determines themselves.

How Optical Illusions Help and Protect Your Thinking – You Must Get Healthy

It is mutuality that enables knowing, which leads to empathy & understanding.  Then a shared space can arise which not only has a center, but which is formed from the relationship of both “focal points.”

~hag

A list of mutual aid funds and volunteer groups to help Pittsburghers in  need | News | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper

Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures on this day

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

International Kissing Day - US

International Kissing Day

The Prophet Isaiah: “More an Evangelist than a Prophet” - Royal Doors

Feast Day of the 1st Prophet – Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord shall give you by itself a sign; Behold, a virgin shall be with child and will bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel”

Patron Saint Who? | Under the Tuscan Thumb

Feast Day of Saint Romulus of Fiesole. Like the Romulus of ancient Roman legend, the story goes he was also abandoned, suckled by a wolf, & captured, raised & baptized by Saint Peter

Jan Hus | Bohemian religious leader | Britannica

1415 – Deathday of Jan Hus, considered the first Church reformer, since he lived before Luther, Calvin & Zwingli. Hus was a key predecessor to Protestantism. He was burned at the stake for heresy on this day.

Execution of Sir Thomas Moore

1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) | Autoportrait | 1940s, Paintings | Christie's

1887 – Birthday of Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter & poet

Homestead Strike | Summary & Significance | Britannica

1892 – 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead & dozens wounded

Face | Frida kahlo portraits, Portrait, Frida kahlo

1907 – Birthday of Frida Kahlo

Battle of Aqaba - Wikipedia

1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt

Dalai Lama Net Worth 2020: Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Dating,  Bio-Wiki | Wealthy Persons

1935 – Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama

Timeline: Key moments, milestones in Jackie Robinson's life

1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial

Half-Century Mystery Of The Hartford Circus Fire - YouTube

1944 – The Hartford circus fire, kills approximately 168 people &injures over 700

Soviet AK47 and AK 74 Automatic Rifles – Functional Differences – THE  SANGHA KOMMUNE

1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.

FEATURE: The Musical Big Bang: Why John Lennon and Paul McCartney's First  Meeting Is the Most Important Moment in Music — Music Musings & Such

1957 – John Lennon & Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles

William Faulkner presentation

1962 – Deathday of William Faulkner, Nobel Prize laureate

Sedan (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place

Louis Armstrong, jazz legend, dies in 1971 - New York Daily News

1971 – Deathday of Louis Armstrong

Piper Alpha - Wikipedia

1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions & fires. 167 oil workers are killed

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Frida Kahlo: “The Little Dear” (1946) | Famous Mexican Artists
quote-nothing-is-absolute-everything-changes-everything-moves-everything-revolves-everything-frida-kahlo-51-11-54  | Girl of 1000 Wonders
women in art podcast — Melanie LaBarge

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August 8-18 ‘Classroom Alive’ Youth Open-Source Learning in Chicago

UVA

We’re starting up with Culture in our community – join young people here in Chicago for a 10 day walking journey – Classroom Alive Chicago!

Exploration & experiencial learning all over Chicagoland, starting at at Elderberries 3-Fold Bio-dynamic Outpost & Cultrual Hub 4251 N. Lincolon Ave. Chicago, IL. 60618

for more info. contact Ultra-Violet Archer, or Frank Agrama

Details TBA #ClassroomAliveChicago2020

Thank you for forwarding this flier for any interested young people –

Co-sponsored in part by The Rudolf Steiner Branch Chicago Hazel Archer-Ginsberg, Festival & Program Coordinator

August 20-23, 2020 Questions of Courage Youth Conference at Elderberries

Frank Agrma

Questions of Courage 2020 in Chicago – August 20-23 Elderberries Biodynamic Outpost and 3Fold Cultural Hub 4251 N. Lincolon Ave. Chicago, IL. 60618

August 20: Check-in, share conversation, build the ground for the journey together.

August 21-22: Travel to Wisconsin Move together towards the land, link up with Farmer John and Haidy Angelic Organics Biodynamic Farm, and also with Dana and Phil Burns at Healing Traditions and Alizur farm. Connect with the land, plants, animals, and one another, through creative explorations and “roughin’ it” type amendments. Sleep under the stars or indoors.

August 23: Return to Chicago Enter back into the metropolitan context, into the social questions of urban life, and close the gathering together at Elderberries, setting the ground for future work out of questions of courage that are present.

Other locations and collaborators are currently in dialogue, and will be updated here.

The gathering is essentially about stepping into the living natural element, step by step, making an integral connection, with one another, ourselves, and the elements that support us here on the Earth…”

registration: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSdY7KXHkjUPV2h9UD…/viewform

Thank you Elderberries for giving us an anchor to build our heartland gathering around!

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August 27-30, HOW WE WILL 2020

~hag

At Elderberries 3-fold Bio-Dynamic Outpost

for more info. contact Frank Agrama or Dottie Zold

Details TBA Co-sponsored in part by The Rudolf Steiner Branch Chicago -Hazel Archer-Ginsberg, Festival & Program Coordinator