Vol. 8, No. 4 - The New Elan: Celebrating Life

How to use the inner spirit of life to guide society and the individual.

• The New Élan: Living an Open Life
  by Ned Hamson and Frank Heckman
  A search for a defining spirit of the age ahead
• Artistry and the experience of Joy at work
  by Dick Richards
  Progess in work issues demands emotion, spirit and artistry.
• It Doesn’t Count Unless Everybody is Doing it
  by Patrick Townsend and Joan Gebhardt
  Changing workplace rules to see workers as whole humans
• The Élan Vital and Self-Evolution
  by Steven Taylor
  Vitalizing the individual and vitalizing evolution
• Élan at Work
  by Patricia McLagan
  Finding flow: people and organizations at one in the moment
• Dorothy and the Ruby Shoe Company
  by Darcy Hitchcock
  Dorothy (of Wizard of Oz fame) learns how to empower her employees.
• Élan in Rural Development
  by M.J. Arul
  South Indian Villagers learn to cooperate and succeed.

• FEATURES
  • A Passion for the Possible
    by Jean Houston
    Commentary on living in the most incomparable time in history
  • Barbie Around the World
    by Kathleen Grassel
    How a doll became the standard of beauty and lifestyle.
  • Healthy Human Growth: A commonsense View
    by Alison Stallibrass
    Learning is a child’s work and raison d’etre

• DEPARTMENTS
  • Editorial: The New Elan
  • RU Forum
    A new type of hero.
  • Eco-Notes
    Antarctic Renaissance; The Mozart Effect; Global Warming; Preventing Mass Murder; Protecting Ecuador's Rain forest.
  • Poetry

• ARTS IN REVIEW
  • Tape Art: the Epitome of the New Élan
    by Joan Gebhardt
    A new art form reconnects us to creativity.
    
  • The Art of Great Truths
    by Henryk Skolimowski
    An eco-philosopher challenges our view of art.
  • Recordings: 1998 in Review
    reviewed by Daniel Haven

  • Exhibitions
    Berhard Hoetger: reviewed by Jutta Ziegler
    Fractal Art and Lisbeth Firmin: reviewed by Sparrow

• You can also read more articles published in older issues and see the full list of back issues.