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Topic: Some Mandalas I created.
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SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:24 PM
There are hundreds more on my facebook. Been LOVING making these. ------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:27 PM
------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:29 PM
------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:32 PM
------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:35 PM
------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:38 PM
------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:41 PM
------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 12, 2011 10:44 PM
------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
NosiS Moderator Posts: 146 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 13, 2011 01:01 AM
These are cool, Sun!How are you making them? IP: Logged |
AcousticGod Knowflake Posts: 4424 From: Pleasanton, CA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 13, 2011 01:18 AM
I was wondering the same, though part of me doesn't want to know, because I like math, and I'd like to just try my own.You have so many it's tough to point out the ones I like, BUT I feel particularly drawn to the high contrast ones. IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 13, 2011 01:32 AM
Hi AG, and NosiS, good to see you! There's a program plugin in for photoshop- I also have another program that is for my mac which I prefer to create the image, it's called kaleidoscope, then I touch them up in photoshop- these ones haven't been touched up yet- as you can see they are not a perfect circle yet, there's really no math on my part- unlike fractals. I find an image- my flower photography, some graphic art, drawings, space pictures, ect, then the folding and mirroring begins.Glad you like them- I will be printing them into a set of cards. ------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
NosiS Moderator Posts: 146 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 13, 2011 10:42 AM
Great idea!I would love to see them on cards but will you be able to get the whole circle in there? The mandalas are cut off on the right and left and it's much more powerful to see the whole for meditation. Even if you don't, however, it would still make a great card. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod Knowflake Posts: 4424 From: Pleasanton, CA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 13, 2011 12:11 PM
They do look kaleidescopic. I started trying to work out how I'd create them last night, and I didn't get very far. I could see that they wouldn't have that kaleidescope effect. I don't have a Mac or PhotoShop.Yesterday, I did take a few moments to read about mandalas on wikipedia. Pretty interesting how they permeated so many cultures. I could see the suggestion within the mandala that a photo was used in a few of them. That's pretty neat. That would be fun. IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 13, 2011 04:45 PM
NosiS, yes, I will be printing round cards too after I have corrected them, that was my husbands idea.AG, it seems to have caught on in facebook now, people are creating hundreds of mandalas, it's lovely to see so much creativity. ------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
Cancer/Scorpio729 Moderator Posts: 463 From: 6,000 feet above sea level Registered: Feb 2010
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posted January 14, 2011 12:43 AM
Wow, those are so pretty! I also like the high contrast ones, it brings out all the patterns in the design.IP: Logged |
Virgo-AriesArtist Knowflake Posts: 178 From: Michigan :) Registered: Jun 2009
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posted January 14, 2011 08:49 AM
I absolutely love these, SunChild! Please do let us know when the cards will be available and if you will be making any larger ones, like small poster size...I would love to frame a few for my office IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 18, 2011 12:02 AM
Awesome! ------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.” IP: Logged |
GypseeWind Moderator Posts: 4941 From: Dayton,Ohio USA Registered: May 2009
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posted January 18, 2011 03:55 AM
I love them, I wished they were numbered so I could tell you my favorites! It would be awesome to turn these into transfers, or screen prints for t-shirts, bags, etc.. I love how they speak to the individual. Nice work.! IP: Logged |
Mystic Melody Knowflake Posts: 35 From: IL Registered: Dec 2010
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posted January 19, 2011 10:41 AM
Count me in as a card order for sure!!!!! IP: Logged |
Mystic Melody Knowflake Posts: 35 From: IL Registered: Dec 2010
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posted January 19, 2011 10:48 AM
Also, I love seeing your Linda art at the top with GG's perfume banners. Luuuv all you talented and creative people. It is so wonderful that Randall is wise enough to support the creativity of everyone here... together we can create a lot of beauty. IP: Logged |
SunChild Moderator Posts: 1661 From: Melbourne. Victoria. Australia Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 20, 2011 01:06 AM
Sure Mel! I noticed how you supported certain individuals in the past Thank God for you. You are very talented with words, prose and poetry. I love your writing style. And you know good stuff when you see it- so if you say "look at this"- I'm looking at it! ------------------ “It’s an interesting thing. Seeing Kuan Yin relating to a flower so intently. She's not just looking at it; she's interacting with it…I’m seeing how the act of relating to a flower appears to be so simple. Yet, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to make such a “simple” act important. Now, the lotus is floating away.”
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