Mandala Sharing, Surrender & Play
July 10th, 2019Creating mandalas is a way to delve deep into creativity. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a sense of play and joy.
Missing Making Mandalas
June 14th, 2019It’s been too long since I shared a blog post and have had time to make mandalas. I have missed making mandalas and sharing. Here are photos of mandala flowers, mandalas created by friends and the puppy.
Artist of the Mysteries – Hilma af Klint
April 6th, 2019I had never been to the New York Guggenheim until last month when I saw the Hilma af Klint exhibit. Seeing her paintings, in some ways felt like a coming home. Born in 1862, Hilma was a spiritual seeker who devoted her life to expressing the mystical realms through painting. Having discovered Theosophy in my early 20s and Anthroposophy years later, Hilma’s paintings resonated something familiar.
Mandalas – Five Universal Shapes
March 7th, 2019There are 5 universal shapes that are archetypes of energy and psyche that humankind shares across time and cultures. They are the circle, square, equal sided cross, triangle and spiral.
Mandala Flow
February 10th, 2019I get chills when I see or play with watercolors that allow the flow of color and water to create beautiful unexpected patterns and movement. I especially get that surge of electricity when the watercolors are used in mandala making.
Deepening Our Written and Painted Prayers
January 24th, 2019How to deepen and embody personal prayers through journaling, color, calligraphy and paint has been my quest for months.
“Becoming” Bundles & Blessings
January 9th, 2019Instead of 2019 New Year’s resolutions, intentions or goals, this is the year of “becomings”. “Becoming” is not a noun like goal, intention or resolution. It is a life force that gives birth to something new. It is motion and creation that is always growing. It is the active part of “to be”. “Becoming” lives inside of us and calls to our highest self. “Becoming” is not static, but dynamic and full of life both within us and as part of all creation. “Becoming” is flow, change, growing to fulfillment. “Becoming” at its highest is bathed in fierce heart energy, the flow of life, conviction, light, truth and courage.
Winter Solstice Mandalas – Light & Dark Nourishment
December 21st, 2018Winter Solstice, when winter begins, is a time to honor both darkness and light. Winter is womb time, a quiet time of gathering energy within. It is a time of gestation of dreams, hopes and becomings. It is the in-breath needed for the co-creative out-breath expression of life.
The Joy & Depth of Teaching – Art & Soul Retreat
December 9th, 2018Some of my most joyful and deepest creativity has been teaching at the Art & Soul Retreat*at Kanuga in North Carolina. It is a feeling of stepping into a stream so strong and deep that it takes me to a place where my soul feels at home, really at home.
Mandala Sharing & Workshop Preparing
November 11th, 2018As always the creativity that flows from my monthly Mandala Circles astound me. It inspires my preparing for next August workshop in North Carolina.
