Morphogenesis is a shared writing space for the Emerson Waldorf School high school faculty. We created it to give voice to the living questions that animate our work: How do young people grow? What does it mean to teach with presence and imagination? How do we meet the world’s complexities while honoring the human being at the center of learning?
These writings come from field and forest, from laboratories and literature discussions, from handwork classes and philosophy musings, from the long miles of camping trips and the brief, luminous encounters that reveal who our students are becoming. Each piece is an attempt to describe the soul-work of teaching – part craft, part devotion, part listening.
The name Morphogenesis – the process through which form arises – reflects our belief that education is not a fixed product but a continual unfolding. Through these writings we hope to offer a glimpse into that unfolding – how form arises, how understanding deepens, and how teachers grow alongside their students. We offer this blog as an invitation into our work, our questions, and our care for the young people entrusted to us.
Morphogenesis 