anthroposophic walking
(I want to know why there's not one aspect of life that cannot be anthroposofied. That's a side note.) The Parenting Passageway has a new blog post about anthroposophic walking. It's true. Babies can't walk, the head is too wobbly, apparently.
"Most of all, anthroposophy sees walking as very important for several reasons. Walking upright differentiates man from animals. “Endowed as they are with a horizontally oriented spine, the animals remain part of the world. They are overwhelmed by sense impressions and the abyss between self and world does not open.” In anthroposophic terms, walking is also related to the ability to control feelings and moods and also the conscious use of memory."
Of course, in non-anthroposophical terms this is silly. First of all, what about penguins? They walk on two legs. Secondly, walking isn't related to the ability to control feelings -- and frankly I'm not so sure human's "conscious use of memory" is very different in nature from animals' use of memory. By that I mean, it's not as "conscious" as humans' would prefer to believe.
Also, mr Dog walks on 2 legs and consciously remembers everything I'm hoping he will forget. The stuff I'd prefer him to remember, he conveniently ignores.
