Views of where we work, Images from our workplaces Options

[Gerard]

Truth Seeker, that is a beautiful museum. Can you post some pictures of some examples of the collection?

[metamorphosis]

Nice homely little office. I love the microwave lol, it means you never have to go anywhere to get food.

Yes, but I want to know, where's the computer? Because I happen to know you are online quite a lot during the workday!!!

Laptop freedom! I use it in my car, at my desk and even on my lap during staff meetings.

[rhapsodieff]

This is where I work
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A beautiful space to be in, to breathe. One almost wishes that it stay empty -- but I do not wish you that, Rhapsodieff! What is it like to run such a place? What kind of people come to a yoga studio?

The space is beautiful but I have never come across a place where the politics can be so poisonous (apart from ISKCON). This is to the extent that I have just about had enough and am starting slowly the process of looking for something else, although it is not an ideal time....

[Dhyana]

I work in a building that is about 100 years old. Once a residential building, now it mostly houses law firms and other private enterprises. And us, an outpatient psychiatry clinic for youth.

Below, two pictures of my room.

Here is where I sit and talk with patients:



My desk:

[Gerard]

Beautiful space, Dhyana, and clean and light! And such a great old stove in the corner.

Compared to the space in the mental hospital I work in (very part-time nowadays), also 100 years old, and it shows:

This is a coffee room / shelter, in the back is a fitness room, behind that other rooms for woodwork and so on.



On Friday's I work as volunteer in the Rudolf Steiner Library:

[Kalisurfer]

I work in a building that is about 100 years old. Once a residential building, now it mostly houses law firms and other private enterprises. And us, an outpatient psychiatry clinic for youth.

Below, two pictures of my room.

Here is where I sit and talk with patients:

I love this corner shot Dhyana, it looks like a still from a Stanley Kubrick film, where his interior shots where always on a grand scale, even if it was a corner. It feels very European, a mix of modern and traditional, an environment that one does not see too much here in the United States. It has a comfortable look to it, allowing a person to be at ease and talk. Your desk shot too was very airy with a lot of space around your work area, giving room for thoughts and ideas to peculate. This is so much more preferable than the corporate cube system of mini work stations attached to each other like a maze full of mental haze. Great Shots!!!

[Kalisurfer]

Beautiful space, Dhyana, and clean and light! And such a great old stove in the corner.

Compared to the space in the mental hospital I work in (very part-time nowadays), also 100 years old, and it shows:

This is a coffee room / shelter, in the back is a fitness room, behind that other rooms for woodwork and so on.



On Friday's I work as volunteer in the Rudolf Steiner Library:

I had not idea that you worked part time in a mental hospital Softbrain! The building does not look 100 years old on the inside, but in Dutch architectural years, that's not so old I imagine. 10 years ago I worked in a modern marble 5 story building in Arlington, Virginia that looked like a mini Kennedy Center for the Arts, it was built in 1980 and won prizes for modern architecture when it opened. It was knocked down 2 years ago to make way for a 25 story building, for the land it sat on was worth more than the 5 story building ... that's the part of America I really dislike, everything seems to be disposable and older,much less 50 year old buildings are getting harder and harder to find.

Great shot of the people in the lunch room, not sure if they are workers on lunch or patients?

The Steiner Library looks like a wonderful place to be and meet people, especially on a Friday evening, has the kind of vibe that says, come on in and read a while. I always liked Rudolf Steiner's view of the arts, and I remember owning one book about the subject by him 30 years ago while in art school, any ideas what that book could have been?

[Gerard]

In the hospital photo only the woman on the right looking into the camera is a co-worker. Some of the patients wear their coats most of the time; but we have central heating though!

Yes, the American way is to knock down those older buildings, it is such a shame; in Amsterdam alone there are now 7,000 monuments (buildings) mainly 17th century that have to be kept up to maintain the heritage.

Re: Steiner and Art. That is though. Steiner thought art & culture so important that he wrote a lot about it. He was a bit of a sculptor, architect and graphic designer himself. And influenced artists like Kadinsky, Mondriaan and Joseph Beuys. He wanted to spiritualize everything; from agriculture, economics and architecture to pedagogics and therapy through art and meditation.

Maybe there is a Steiner Library in Washington, otherwise the Library of Congress and there you might want to take a look at his "Das Graphische Werk - Bildband" that is the volume with the pictures of his graphic designs. Hardly any text. Very Art Noveau.

A couple of books in English are:
"Art as Seen in the Light of the Mysteries"
"Spiritual Science and the Art of Healing"
"The New Impulse in Art (G. Kaufmann, ed.)
you can find those on-line here.

But you are welcome to drop by here any Friday, the herbal tea is ready.

[ePiTau]

On Friday's I work as volunteer in the Rudolf Steiner Library:

I have long been wanting to post a series a pics I took in Järna, at and around the Steiner Seminary. Dhy and I often go there. Never inside the Culture Hall or the other buildings there, but rather to the parks, rose garden, herb garden, flower garden and the arboretum. The Anthroposophs have a unique way with plants and landscaping. Their architecture is fond of unusual shapes and angles and they use peculiar colors on wood and stone surfaces. Last summer (May and June) I took some pics that I wanted to post and dedicate to Softbrain, but I just never came around doing it. When I now saw Softbrain's pic of the Steiner Bookshop, it reminded me of our excursions to Järna and I decided to put up the pics. Here goes . . .

curvy stones near a fjord


curvy stone sculptures


Culture Hall in Steiner Blue


window detail


Culture Hall two months later



window detail two months later


twig in the Rose Garden with Culture Hazy Hall

[Gerard]

Thanks Dhyana and Epitau, those are beautiful pictures! The 'sophs like their architecture, like everything else, to be organic.

[evakurvan]

Wow that white house is the best. I like the off kilter of the windows. I am not sure why you see sky clouds behind, painted on or reflected from the outside of the glass.

[evakurvan]

all those strategically placed lights to cast out shadows are great I've been trying to figure out such an arrangement with light bulbs, how high, shaded over or not, put where, since may.

[angrezi]

is that an acetylene torch there? I love hot stuff.

[0Seeking Truth0]

is that an acetylene torch there? I love hot stuff.

It is! You're good!

[Brainiac]

What kind of things do you do in your studio?

[metamorphosis]

is that an acetylene torch there? I love hot stuff.

I think i see the stock and sight of a rifle on the bottom photo?

[metamorphosis]

What kind of things do you do in your studio?

You don't want to know, it is pretty kinky! hahahahahhhahaha

[Brainiac]

What kind of things do you do in your studio?

You don't want to know, it is pretty kinky! hahahahahhhahaha

Lol.

[0Seeking Truth0]

What kind of things do you do in your studio?

You don't want to know, it is pretty kinky! hahahahahhhahaha

Meta! I'm shocked!

Brainiac, ahem, my primary medium is "art to wear" jewelry - original, one-of-a-kind pieces of hand-fabricated precious metal and gemstone jewelry. But I am also exploring symbolic mixed-media collage and assemblages.

Here are a few really old pics (my newer work is evolving) taken before I dropped my camera on a rock.....

Cuff Bracelet stamped with Bhagavad Gita verse 2.12 and set with tourmaline, peridot and moonstone.


Antique bronze Buddha set in sterling with quartz crystal and faceted flourite.


Pin with pink tourmaline, African glass and freshwater pearl.


Ring with 15 mm Peruvian opal.


Earrings with 8 mm pink tourmaline.



Hand-stamped sterling bangle bracelets.


Pin with 17th century Timucuan deer bone tool.

[JayaBlissNectar]

We've seen your studio, we've seen the jewellery, now let's see a photo or two of you. Both the workplace and the creations look great.