A post by Cathy

Spring Flowers Mandala, copyright  Cathy only of  The Mandala Group 2010

 Cathy says 'In this mandala, I am trying to express the beauty of simple flowers, without being very symmetrical. The flowers are responding to water and sunshine and bursting with life'.

In Loving Memory of the Black Dog

The kind dog Molly's mandala, Copyright Shastina only of The Mandala Group, July 2011

This mandala is in loving memory of a black Labrador, who was full of fun, friendship and made everyone smile so much.  I have tried to express the essence of the joy in her nature, in the mandala and I've put in a black flower to represent her colour and maybe her early death as well. She was full of fun!

Every life's a circle

If life's a circle, then I wonder, whereabouts in the circle is everyone?  And if each life is a circle, how can we tell which pattern matches each one of us? 

If every life is a circle then it's duration is predestined by the circumference of that circle. Then a mandala can be formed within this and the pattern within this becomes the essence of that life's mandala.  Although some die early and some die late, they all travel their own journey, circling the centre and within and around the varied pattern, unique to them. 

If a loved one be taken away, be it a pet, such as a beloved dog or cat, or a friend or relative, is there any comfort in the thoughts ~ everyone lives out their own unique mandala, be it long or short and everyone has lived out their own circle and their own mandala, in their own time? 

Tropical Day Mandala

Tropical Day Mandala, Copyright The Mandala Group April 2011

The Mandala Group would like to share their newest joint mandala on Mandalas in Memories.  It is the first of many offerings!

We made Tropical Day Mandala at a group meeting early in the year.  It's one most of us did as one group member was unable to be with us, so it's only been done by five of us, as there are six of us in the group in total.

 Tropical Day mandala is so called as the palm trees and sunshine are intertwining with pinks and little bits of blue. And all in a colour scheme of warming colours,  upon the lotus flowers making patterns within themselves. The effects together make you think of a tropical beach somewhere...