Holistic Mathematics Workshops/Seminars   

Paulstang@gmail.com  

My goal is to reach out to those who are seeking creative mathematics for their children, students, and selves: to answer the question "What really is mathematics (and how best to do it)?"  I also give classes in geometric art to help people deepen themselves, find quiet, and improve their usage of color and form in their lives.     

Mandalas, non-decimal counting, fractions, visual techniques, √2, √3, √5, Φ, Platonic/Archimedic forms, Zometools, Astro-Logix, and Sacred Geometry are keys to making mathematics better understood, more interesting, and practical for a much greater percentage of the student population.  How can we use them so that math is more enjoyable and successful?  

   

              

Teaching and lifelong study of math, history, art, architecture, physics, chemistry, botany, astrology, geography, geology and computers, have provided for the development of a working educational program that links a myriad of subjects coherently to improve student effort, interest, and career aspiration.  Experience teaching primary, high-school, and university students have shown that this Waldorf inspired and ever-developing alternative material improves results of instruction. 

   

          

We can become Novo-Renaissance Humans.  These techniques have been honed in the classroom and have inspired teachers and artists who have attended the following professional workshops: 

  

Mathematics Workshops given to date:  

   

May 2008, Podjestedske gymnasium Liberec, Czech Republic, Phi in the classroom (held twice)  

  

April 2008, Chlupova Primary school Prague, Creative mathematics techniques for teachers of younger students.  

  

March 2008 Chicago, USA, Several workshops for Homeschooling parents and children, focusing on "the wisdom of mathematics", and zometools. 

  

January 2008 Czech English Gymnasium Budweis, Czech, Special class on Phi and the Magic of Math 

  

August 2007 Dublin, Ireland, Presentation of "We as Architects in the Wheel of Life" 

  

August 2006 London Bridges, England, Division of the circle with compass and ruler.  

  

April 2006 Prague, Czech, Creative geometry in the classroom  

  

March 2006 Athens, Greece, Drama as a means of teaching math?  Yes!  

  

March 2006 Paris, France, Zome and Astro-Logix and the Geometry of the Universe  

  

July 2005 Colorado High School Denver, Colorado, Zometools in the Creative Classroom.  

  

August 2004 Prague, Czech, Teaching mathematics to 8 intelligence types.  

  

August 2003 Prague, Czech, Use of Mandala in teaching mathematics.  

  

May 2003 Southern Czech, Teaching mathematics to 8 intelligence types.  

  

"I" as Symbol in the Wheel of Life - Seminars 

Creating and understanding Mandalas and symbols of power. 

      

  

What value do Mandalas and Symbols have Today? 

Why would I want to learn how to create them? 

  

Do I have a greater role in this world? 

  

Mandala means "Circle".  It is a guide, a way to stay balanced and find our center.  As we do this, we can help others do the same.  The act of drawing Mandalas is very calming.  It is Being within Mandala.  Our work together opens a beautiful path for novice and experienced artist alike. 

  

For fifty centuries, Humankind has woven geometry into the most sacred of their architecture, and the humblest forms of art, for meditation and for symbols of power.   Da Vinci and Dali have explored its depths.  Not just human crafted, magical forms are also found universally in nature. 

  

We can learn fundamental steps in creating and understanding Mandalas and well-known mystical symbols;  receive the tools with which to begin our own new symbolism, or recreate the old; and expand our mind and consciousness beyond two or even three dimensions.    

  

Meet people with which new friendships might form as you perhaps develop the circle around yourself. 

The workshop is given in four - 2 hour segments: 

Opening Meditation, Flower of Life, basic Mandala, color 

3D shapes, Star of Solomon, Merkaba, Qabbalah  

Phi, Spirals, Yin/Yang, Triskellon, Svastika and 5-pt. star 

"The masters": Stonehenge, Pyramids, Da Vinci,  Atlantis 

Brief Reflection:  Our-selves as an expression of Mandala. 

  

Participants are asked to bring compass, protractor, scissors and colored pens/pencils or water colors and drawing tablet or paper.                                                                          

          

Artistic Workshops given to date:  

August 2006 Cornwall, England, Introductory Mandala drawing   

  

July 2005 Denver, Colorado, Creating Sacred Geometry  

  

Summer 2003 Southern Czech, Mandala classes 

  

August 2000 Denver, Colorado, How to draw a Mandala.  

  

May 2000 Denver, Colorado, Sacred Geometry.  Cooperative with Francene Hart.  

  

  

For more information on the book, workshops or creative ideas with Math, and the Golden Mean, please contact me at paulstang@gmail.com .