ACTIVATING THE WILL
🧠🙌🏻 Activating the will
How can the Will, a term often used in Waldorf education to describe the inner drive and determination, be activated and harnessed through sustainable tool making?
I’m a busy man. I have to set aside time to work on survival projects intentionally. I do this to stay consistently accountable and grow with my skills. If I practice a craft, every day for 1 hour, 5fivedays a week, for 52 weeks a year, that’s 5 hours *52 or 260 hours of work each year. For me, that’s enough to complete a certain amount of projects. How many? We can explore below.
🧠🙌🏻 ACTIVATING THE WILL
History and Use
“Unfinished projects are a crime.” – George, from Sunbridge Institute.
George, a respected figure in the field of Waldorf education and one of my professors when I went through the Elementary Educator certification program at Sunbridge Institute, once said, “Unfinished projects are a crime.” In Waldorf Schools (and certainly Waldorf teacher programs), we often discuss the concept of the Will and how it is utilized in handwork projects.
As a survival skills teacher, I also consider myself a handwork teacher; therefore, the Will is important to me and my students.
When starting a new project with students, such as crafting a wooden hammer, I need them to finish it. The finished hammer lies within the piece of wood picked up initially off of the forest floor, and when they search within the wood, I ask them to see it. The Will is what connects us to the project, making it more than just a piece of wood.
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Understanding the Process
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Gratitude and Appreciation
🧠🙌🏻 ACTIVATING THE WILL
Learn to Activate the Will:
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