Connection to Air & Earth – A Month for Mandalas

December 19th, 2015

A Month for Mandalas, session two

, which ended weeks ago, was about connection to nature’s elements.  Part of the session is actual connection and merging of mandalas with the elements. Here are the mandalas honoring and becoming one with air and earth.

Christine Torlina’s Mandala honoring all four elements.

These mandalas below in this blog post were created to become one with air and earth. The papers are rice paper.  The inks were sumi and made from walnuts. Bees wax crayon and fabric dye give more color.

AIR – a prayer flag that blows in the wind.

Connection of the four elements to air. Prayer flag on backyard pergola.

Air mandala

Fire Mandala

Water Mandala

Earth Mandala

The mandala prayer flag hangs below the carved-into-wood quote from George Washington Carver: “When I touch a flower…I am touching infinity.”

These mandalas will send their energy into the air and beyond as they blow in the wind throughout the winter and beyond.

Christine Torlina’s Air Mandala. Blowing in the wind below.

EARTH – Mandalas buried into the garden so their energies can merge.

Mandalas created to be buried in the garden.

Earth Mandala

Earth Mandala

Fire Mandala

Water Mandala

Mandalas about to be buried

Mandalas buried in garden

Christine Torlina’s Earth Mandala

Next Blog – Last connection to Fire to take place on the Winter Solstice.

ENJOY AND CREATE