Original mandalas reminiscent of ancient spiritual art.
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Mandala: (Sanskrit: "circle") In Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism, a symbolic diagram used in the performance of sacred rites and as an instrument of meditation. The mandala is basically a representation of the universe, a consecrated area that serves as a receptacle for the gods and as a collection point for universal forces. Man (the microcosm), by mentally "entering" the mandala and "proceeding" toward its centre, is by analogy guided through the cosmic processes of disintegration and reintegration. —from Encyclopaedia Britannica
Announcing New Creations at cafepress.com...
I am excited to announce the addition of a whole new line of mandalaZone products now available at cafepress.com. Please visit my shop there and browse around for a while. There you will find mugs and magnets, clothing, journals, posters and more. If you would ever like a product you see there displaying a mandala you can't find, please let me know and I will be happy to create it for you and add it to the shop. Thanks, and please let me know what you think of the items available there, what should be available... any suggestions at all would be greatly appreciated. The Spirit of the Mandala: Mandalas have been the focus of meditation, contemplation and admiration for years too numerous to count. Since before the dawn of recorded history, humanity's intimate connection to the mandala has been a vibrant link to our universal ancestry. It is a sacred diagram that displays the structure of the spirit and the interwoven nature of the cosmos. Many have studied their design, their inherent centrality, as a path toward achieving an ideal centrality in their own selves. Such interaction with a mandala is a process of approaching enlightenment. Its elements are the essence of life, the myriad layers of existence, of being, of living, so that each mandala is but one of an infinite number of possible manifestations of the self. Its creation is the gathering of intangibles, the construction of an architecture of peace and order within a swirling, chaotic world. It is a pulse point on the universal collective consciousness. The mandala represents the center of the universe and the outward-expanding awareness of the human experience. It is a quest to rediscover that center, the nucleus, the focal point for all things. The journey's conclusion, our eventual return to that center, is inevitable—only the path may vary. Welcome to mandalaZone. All the images you will see in the gallery are my original, hand-drawn creations. My mandalas are based on a structure of four (and multiples thereof), representing the four cardinal points-- all contained within the eternal geometry of the circle, the sacred receptacle with no beginning and no end. New mandalas will be added about every month or so. In the alcove you may view a collection of exclusive, commissioned mandalas. For some very informative links on mandalas and other interesting topics, as well as access to several excellent webrings, feel free to stroll through the reading room at your leisure. And in the message board you can sign our guestbook, join our mailing list or participate in our mandala discussion forum. You can also visit the lounge for thumbnails of all mandalas in the gallery and the alcove. Please visit the archives, featuring essays on a variety of mandala-related topics. Continuum of the Self: Each of us is a thread—every person, every single thing that exists—weaving its way through the intricate tapestry of time and space that enigmatically comprises the universe. We are not merely points in this grand masterpiece, isolated and irrelevant, rather we and our influences stretch backward and forward through all of time and space. As threads we touch more than we know, and we hold together the fabric about us through connections we barely understand. Unfortunately, we are not aware of the linear nature of our being, since we immediately sense only what surrounds us at a given moment. This very limited viewpoint creates the impression that we are only a self-contained pocket of elements and circumstances. In reality, however, the details that describe you, your behavior and your personality are not isolated qualities that exist by themselves, having appeared out of nowhere. They are the products of long strings of forces leading back to the birth of the universe, forces that have gradually pushed and shaped what you and everyone else are today. Today's reality is a product of yesterday's reality continuously modified by the events and circumstances that occur moment by moment. So you—the collection of attributes that describe you at this particular moment—are not an entity unto yourself, rather you are an aggregation of incidents sculpted into form by physical and social inertia. You are an indescribably long series of events at a fleetingly ephemeral point in time, in this place, at this moment. Therefore we are much more than the entity that exists here and now, we are every place and every moment—we are a wondrous and infinite continuum of the self.... (continue)
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Upcoming Appearances
May 31, 2008: Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival:
777 Brickell Ave,
Miami, FL. (view map)
The Quest Series
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