Waldorf/Steiner Community Courses and Programs
The World Association of Puppetry and Storytelling Arts
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Once upon a time, when was it… When was it not? Since 2012, there have been seven collaborative puppetry and storytelling conferences in the United States, taking place on the East or West Coasts. In 2019, at the West Coast conference, the impulse to revive the idea of a once active national puppetry association was received with great enthusiasm. One participant, from the Philippines, said if we would consider making it an international association, she would help to build bridges to Asia! As our summer conference of 2020 was not able to take place in person, we began to dream of an online festival where people could take part from all over the world! We suddenly saw an opportunity to invite people to contribute to the founding of an international association. Through volunteers and some temporary paid helpers, this first festival gathered funds to begin the incorporation process. Now almost 2 years later, the core group of WAPASA initiators are trying to catch their breath as world-wide interest emerges and human connections are growing.
Like all stories, this beginning is an open portal through which we step into an infinite land of potential. The world that unfolds through the weaving of words and imaginal pictures can offer us deep insight into what it means to be human. In a time when increasing technical mechanization and artificial intelligence holds sway, what it means to be truly human is an essential exploration. Working out of Waldorf inspiration, our human inquiry is one of the body, soul, and spirit. It is also, most importantly, collaborative. When we step beyond our personal confines to listen into the stories of others, we gain an ever widening understanding of our shared reality. The weft of the individual - needs to be woven with the warp of the universal in this cloth that is meant to hold the truth, beauty, and goodness of what we can share. More ...
Like all stories, this beginning is an open portal through which we step into an infinite land of potential. The world that unfolds through the weaving of words and imaginal pictures can offer us deep insight into what it means to be human. In a time when increasing technical mechanization and artificial intelligence holds sway, what it means to be truly human is an essential exploration. Working out of Waldorf inspiration, our human inquiry is one of the body, soul, and spirit. It is also, most importantly, collaborative. When we step beyond our personal confines to listen into the stories of others, we gain an ever widening understanding of our shared reality. The weft of the individual - needs to be woven with the warp of the universal in this cloth that is meant to hold the truth, beauty, and goodness of what we can share. More ...