A Special Kind Of Symmetry

I love NPR and here is one of the reasons why.

A Special Kind Of Symmetry

Yet another new panorama

New Panorama

Another new panorama

New Panorama

Mandala 52

Mandala 52

Mandala 51

Mandala 51

Mandala 50

Well I just can keep away from creating mandalas. I started a new series while traveling on the road the past 4 weeks doing shows in AZ. & TX. I was able to finish and render them once I returned home.

Enjoy.

Mandala 50

Mandala 46

Mandala 46

I thought that I had already uploaded this image previously but after trying to find it to show how it works together with Mandala 45 I couldn't find it. So here it is in all of it's dark glory.

Mandala 45

Mandala 45

A very dark but unusual design. I can't remember exactly when I created this but I can only imagine the mood I was in that day. It sold relatively well during 2008 but it seemed to only sell as a combo to another image I did that was also done in dark tones.

Mandala 44

Mandala 44

Mandala 43

Mandala 43

Happy anniversary sweet Linda.

Mandala 42

Mandala 42

Much more traditional.

Mandala 41

Mandala 41

I guess I should explain something to you. I started creating my mandala series as a way to offer art to both myself as well as my customers a visual "centering point" that could be used for meditation. Along the way, some of my mandala (symmetrically shaped, square designs) pieces strayed away from the typical kaleidoscopic shapes more traditionally associated with this form of art. I am not trying to suggest these non symmetrical designs are Mandalas, but only offer a way for me to categorize these square pieces.

A more precise definition of a Mandala is as follows. (from Wikipedia)

Mandala (Sanskrit maṇḍala "essence" + "having" or "containing", also translates as "circle-circumference" or "completion", both derived from the Tibetan term dkyil khor) is a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism. The term is of Hindu origin and appears in the Rig Veda as the name of the sections of the work, but is also used in other Indian religions, particularly Buddhism. In the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, mandalas have been developed into sandpainting. They are also a key part of anuttarayoga tantra meditation practices.

In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of aspirants and adepts; as a spiritual teaching tool; for establishing a sacred space; and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. According to David Fontana, its symbolic nature can help one "to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious, ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises." The psychoanalyst Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self," and believed his paintings of mandalas enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality.

In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the Universe from the human perspective.

Mandala 40

Mandala 40

Mandala 39

Mandala 39

Mandala 38

Mandala 38

New Mandalas for 2009

Mandala 37

Mandala 32

Here is the 32nd piece in my new Mandala series.

Mandala 32

Mandala 31

Here is the 31st piece in my new Mandala series.

Mandala 31