What a fun way to begin the New Year. The other day I went to the costanera sur and made my first nature mandala of the year. I have no idea the names of the trees the foraged materials came from so I will need to do a bit of googling in order to label the photos. What made this mandala extra fun is the Venezuelan tourists that stopped by to see what I was doing. They instantly started taking photos of the finished piece and INSTAGRAMMING them to their friends. Then they too had to get into the picture.
I NEED TO GOOGLE THE INGREDIENTS
UPDATE: THE BALLS IN THE CENTER ARE SEED PODS FROM THE PLANE (SYCAMORE) TREE AND THE BRANCHES FROM THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.
This is not uncommon. I think I have only made two mandalas in Argentina where people have not come to look and appreciate the works of energetic art. One of those times I was alone on the median strip of a busy avenue (hey if I can find stuff to forage I go there) and the other time the surrounding people had already taken cover from the rain.
So I am continueing the good work. It makes me happy. It makes others happy and it celebrates the earth. Protect and honor her. It is the only one we have.
As I mentioned in my last post there are now gallery pages and an artist's bio at the blog site. Look to the right side bar near the top. >>>
I have new mandala projects brewing including a line of gift cards. The other projects are still floating around my mind in concept stage. Stay tuned.
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