love how the shapes on the right mirror the balloon. beautiful colours too. what is that on the right, Lis? dreamy pic of that balloon - perfect little splash of red to complement the vast expanse of blue! xx
the image on the right is a close up of a Tibetan Sand Mandala painting. A group of monks comes every other year and builds one ... then they have a ceremony destroying it and placing the sand in the river. it is said just to gaze upon it bestows blessings ....
very dreamy. i imagine all the blessings floating around in the universe. the painting is very similar to the Navajo/Dine sandpaintings which are also destroyed after the ceremony is performed.
i would love to see the monks creating sand mandala and Navajo/Dine sandpaintings... amazing! I've just learned that dying children associate helium balloon floating in the air with the soul...
so spirituality it is...
ah! and I love the busyness of mandala versus simplicity of the floating balloon :)
love how the shapes on the right mirror the balloon. beautiful colours too. what is that on the right, Lis? dreamy pic of that balloon - perfect little splash of red to complement the vast expanse of blue! xx
ReplyDeletethe image on the right is a close up of a Tibetan Sand Mandala painting. A group of monks comes every other year and builds one ... then they have a ceremony destroying it and placing the sand in the river. it is said just to gaze upon it bestows blessings ....
ReplyDeletevery dreamy. i imagine all the blessings floating around in the universe. the painting is very similar to the Navajo/Dine sandpaintings which are also destroyed after the ceremony is performed.
ReplyDeletePeaceful and dreamy. A happy dream.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours.
i would love to see the monks creating sand mandala and Navajo/Dine sandpaintings... amazing!
ReplyDeleteI've just learned that dying children associate helium balloon floating in the air with the soul...
so spirituality it is...
ah! and I love the busyness of mandala versus simplicity of the floating balloon :)