I made a piece of art once (it is actually in my artwork section, under printmaking called “sister tattoo”) and I really liked it but didn’t know what it was that was so attractive to me. I know that everything that I included in the artwork was symbolic to me. A friend of mine enlightened me to the art of mandalas. I was so nieve to think that it was a religious art. Well, several religions including christian to my surprise, do use the mandala in their teachings. But it is more an art of wholeness and unity. After learning this I did research and realized that without knowing it, I had already created a mandala. My sister tattoo was a mandala. I now am so intrigued with the circular and symbolic symboled art. The girl-scouts have a very cool website that allows the user to make their own mandala.http://www.girlsgotech.org/mandala.asp It is so much fun. Also there is a “mandala project” that would make a great lesson for school aged kids. You have to look at it. http://www.mandalaproject.org/Mandalas/index_new.html The mandala that is shown above is one that I got from this site. Isn’t it amazing?
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AuthorI am just a curious artist. I like to experiment with new materials and see what I can do with them. This is simply a record of my self exploration in art. |