
I am finally finding the time to write. I have had all these creative ideas bouncing around in my head....not having the time to do it all! At the same time I love this new adventure. There have been hurdles both technical and creative.
I am living in a place where for the first time in my life I am experiencing a true "fall". It is the closest to the New England my mom would tell me about as a child. The leaves on the tree tunneled streets are simply magnificant and overwhelmingly incredible. Carrying my camera I am in awe, and at times stop my car in the middle of the road just to "catch" the moment. The light, the colors, the textures..... all of these things have inspired me to start a mandala series of altered art bottles.
You've probably heard of using mandalas for meditation, focus, and prayer.
By creating mandalas, we allow ourselves to play. By playing, we open up a broad range of creative and intuitive processes that we don't normally experience in our day-to-day lives. It is play that will always open up our spirit, and facilitate a connection to our higher understanding and purpose. Creating my altered bottles is at times play for me.
By adding coloring to these powerful symbols, we also become a part of the circle, which involves us in the cyclical nature of our bodies, our lives, our thoughts, our emotions, just about everything. The act of mandala coloring draws us into the very circle of life.
Standing in the middle of the street.... fall leaves flickering and dancing through the light, being tossed by the wind I was in the midst of "raining gold". This mandala was the expression for that day.

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