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I bought some modelling wax from a catalog recently, and it happened to have come originally from Germany (the wax, that is). In the box was a fold-out showing a few photos of kids playing with the wax and some sample figures that had been made from it, but also this:
About all I understand is the names of the colours, and "Light", "Shade", "Heaven", "Earth", and some of the other words around the picture, so I'm going to have to take the time to translate the rest at some point. I'm pretty curious what relevance discussion of Goethe has to coloured wax that is mainly intended as a toy for children.
About all I understand is the names of the colours, and "Light", "Shade", "Heaven", "Earth", and some of the other words around the picture, so I'm going to have to take the time to translate the rest at some point. I'm pretty curious what relevance discussion of Goethe has to coloured wax that is mainly intended as a toy for children.
Re: Wax und Uberwax -- probably way more than you wanted to know
Date: Dec. 18th, 2003 09:32 am (UTC)From:Though I like some of the accessories (see cool supplies above), the religion leaves much to be desired and I wished in no way to indoctrinate my children and myself into it.