here's a link discussing the Black Mountain film, includes an old photo of Joseph Albers
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770414008 and, another interesting related link: Black Mountain College - Fully Awake http://www.bmcfullyawake.org/bmchomepage.html > off_world_beings wrote: > > I teach a class based on the central work in the world of graphic > design in the 20th century....that of Joseph Albers, who > participated in the phenomenal Bauhaus in Germany and its MASSIVE > influence still felt today...and who joined Black Mountain College, > co-founded by Ted Drier, and I get a small kick out of telling the > students that I lived 2 doors down from one of the co-founders. > > You may have no idea of the incredible significance and influence of > the Bauhaus and Albers until you have studied it in depth. It truly > is a topic in which the wholeness is more than the sum of the parts, > and hard to express in a post. I could write a book on the details > of the significance of this whole transition from Nazi Germany to > their closing of the Bauhaus and the resultant emmigration to US of > many members, and the huge influence they had on American culture, > and in turn, the huge influence back to European culture. A vast and > profound topic, and this guy Ted Drier was right there with the top > movers and shakers. Wish I had known more then, and talked to him > more before he died. > > OffWorld > > > > Rick Archer wrote: > > Amidweeks of local celebrations and commemorations of Black > Mountain College, coinciding with the release of a documentary film > on the College, the following letter regarding Ted Dreier, MUM, and > BMC was published in the May 2 print issue of the Mountain Xpress. > Global Country of World Peace owns 700 acres of land bordering the > property where Black Mountain College was foundedon the very same > mountain. > > > Black Mountain College comes full circle > > > > Many years after the doors of Black Mountain College closed > forever, the schools cofounder Theodore Dreier became founding > trustee of another cutting-edge educational institution. Dr. Dreier > pursued his dream of a holistic approach to higher education by > joining with the founder of the Transcendental Meditation program, > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to create Maharishi International University. > > > > As with BMC, there was little national publicity surrounding this > new university when it began in 1973 in Santa Barbara, Calif.; > however, MIUrenamed Maharishi University of Management, now an > accredited, liberal-arts university in Fairfield, Iowasoon became > recognized as one of the most progressive universities in the world. > Once again, Dr. Dreier was at the center of experimental education. > He believed that the aspiration of Black Mountain College to develop > the whole student found fulfillment in the consciousness-based > approach of MUM, where students and faculty practice the > Transcendental Meditation program and learn, not only through class > work and book study, but also by fathoming the unlimited creativity > and intelligence of their consciousness. During his years at MUM, > Dr. Dreier could be found participating in group TM practice and > yogic flying in MUMs golden domesimilar to Buckminster Fullers > prototype of the geodesic dome built at Black Mountain. > > > > Today, the Dreier Building on MUM campus is the first college > building in the world designed in the architectural style of > sthapatya veda, which harmonizes the influences of sun, moon and > stars using mathematically derived proportions, orientation and > dimensions. Due in part to Dr. Dreiers influence, MUM is a current- > day incarnation of Black Mountain College, offering workshops on > green building and organic farming; hosting events such as avant- > gardefilmmaker David Lynchs upcoming conference on Consciousness, > Creativity and the Brain; and showcasing the work of physicist Dr. > John Hagelin, whose unified-field theory of consciousness is > transforming our understanding of the unified field and its > connection to human consciousness. > > > > Dr. Dreiers vision lives on as schools across the nation introduce > consciousness-based education in their curriculum. To bring the > dream of Black Mountain College full circle, the land adjacent to > the very mountain where Theodore Dreier and John Andrew Rice founded > the college is now set to become the new home for one of Maharishis > consciousness-based education programs. If the gentle, humble and > brilliant Dr. Dreier were around today, he would be proud that the > spirit of Black Mountain College thrives in Western North Carolina. > > > > Tom Ball > > Marshall > > > > Global Country of World Peace > > > > offering The Transcendental Meditation Program > > 297 Country Cove Lane > > Marshall, NC 28753 > > > > 828-649-9781 www.tm.org
