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Out of Zegg’s “Reader 2004” I couldn’t resist I wish I remembered where the following pieces of
lifting a little piece (from Barbara Stutzel’s essay Deepest Wisdom came from - sorry, can't trace it, but
“Community as School for Life”) subtitled: it's too good to waste it. Will the author please claim
Sources of Life. it?

“For us at Zegg, the theme “Love and Sexuality” is a LOST LAWS ON LIFE ITSELFOST LAWS ON LIFE ITSELF
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central one. We believe that amongst present

cultural life forms, in between unbinding one-night-
1. The two most common elements in the universe are
stands and other, frequently failing relationships
hydrogen and stupidity.
there exists a need for alternatives, which include

the striving toward continuity and commitment, as
2. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
well as the craving for discovery and adventure. Love

and sexuality are predominant sources of life.
3. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery
Accordingly we consider the creation of new
easier to live with.
lifeforms, integrating those sources, as a social

challenge. And quite often it is easier and also more
4. Deja moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull
liberating, when I don't have to discuss everything
before.
alone with one partner - but rather include other

people, familiar with our themes, and able to share
5. A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.
their observations with us. The discussion then

becomes more open, truthful and wider. Fact is, that
6. Always remember to pillage before you burn.
love can only develop and become lasting when I am

able to express the truth - and ready to hear it. Our
7. The problem with doing something right the first time
vision consists in the kind of love that is free of Fear
is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
and Jealousy.”

In Communities #126 of Spring 2005 we discovered the following statement by Else Wolf, entitled: Camphill
Beaver Run - Spiritual Essence and Art.*

If you visit Beaver Run - a Camphill Community for children with developmental disabilities in rural Pennsylvania
- you will notice the unusual architecture right away. "Why are there no right angles?" you might ask. Well, our
buildings are supposed to be people-centered, and we don't think people look like they belong in square boxes!

You'll find some sculptures; for example, the one outside the school-house which resembles the bones in the inner
ear. Our teachers had been using the arts to study the senses. Everyone created models of the inner ear bones and
two models were chosen to be translated into larger dimensions. The children love to play in and around the inner

ear sculpture, and it has become a symbol of the central power of art in education.

You'll also find a large labyrinth, which we created with stones and sand and mulch last May during a festive
gathering with other Camphill communities.

You may notice that the walls of the schoolhouse don't have a flat painted surface but a rather translucent
quality, from a painting technique called lazuring. Giving a more living impression of color, this technique adds on
color in many thin layers. A group of us worked on this together in the summer. You'll also find murals and
paintings by individual artist-members. Visitors often notice the stained glass windows in the large assembly room
that illustrate Rudolf Steiner's story, "The Child of Light," as well as the many special pictures that we change to
accompany the seasons and festivals of the year.

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