So, where are the mandalas, you ask? I am currently in the process of moving across-country to Baltimore, and so things are all over the place, and being packed away for the trip. An update is coming, from someone, somewhere....soon. I promise. Momo Luna has finally (!) received her package from me, after three or so weeks of red tape, and is probably waiting for me to complete the next round (I'm getting there, don't worry). I figure I will need to work on some art really soon. In about a month, I will be in one place/state, and it will be great.
Until then, I pose a question...do you think a record player could achieve spin art?
Apr 30, 2010
Apr 13, 2010
Buddha's Realm
I just found this article about Tibetan Buddhist Monks and their sand mandala-making practices. This explains what it means, how, and why it is done. At the bottom of this article is a time-lapse video shot from above the mandala. Please check out the process, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution's, The Torch...http://www.e-torch.org/from-the-secretary/april-2010/
Apr 7, 2010
Beauty and Chaos
So I have a blogger friend, someone whom I follow...Laura, on Beauty and Chaos. She's been taking these photos every day, usually of nature, but sometimes she has people. In general she's pretty outdoorsy, and I strongly suspect she's in college studying something science-y and biological. The other day, she took a photo of her slime mold, inside its circular, perti dish home, and I found it to be really cool. (It reminded me of some of my own 365.series watercolors.) And in addition to that, we get a good science-y lesson from her
She named her slime mold Leonard. Click the link, he's so worth it.
p.s. I also updated the blog, with better photos of Moma Luna's first round (the previous post). See the post, and better photos here.
She named her slime mold Leonard. Click the link, he's so worth it.
p.s. I also updated the blog, with better photos of Moma Luna's first round (the previous post). See the post, and better photos here.
Apr 6, 2010
Three Thoughts
Okay, I have the piece and it is photographed and edited! Moma Luna is from Holland, and has started this first mandala round with me. The piece she worked with features an image from one of her previous pieces, Thoughts which is duplicated three times. Three is a magic number, as she has pointed out, and it is a number that is used in Christianity, as well. This is also a variation on one of the classic mandalas, the Triad form, which was mentioned before in this blog. I got a few close-ups of each piece so that you could see the detail a bit more. Moma Luna has duplicated the figure, but has changed them each in minor ways, such as the patterns, and colors. She has also mentioned (in a nice hand-written letter to me) that she used three kinds of paper on this.
Cycle 5, Round 1:
On my mandala piece, I went a more simple route (as usual). I was originally wanting to use colored feathers for this, but decided upon magazine papers instead. This is mainly because I had so many laying around in disuse, and I'm a recycler. This shape is the same one used in a mandala that I worked on with Heather Gordy. So basically, I cut out many tiny shapes and then layered and pasted them. The vague patterns/lines on the side were made with rust, they are 'rust prints', technically. And interestingly, Moma Luna and I unknowingly chose the same colored palette to start...
Cycle 5, Round 1:
Moma Luna to Shana R. Goetsch
Arnhem, Gelderland, Holland to Milwaukee, WI, USA
On my mandala piece, I went a more simple route (as usual). I was originally wanting to use colored feathers for this, but decided upon magazine papers instead. This is mainly because I had so many laying around in disuse, and I'm a recycler. This shape is the same one used in a mandala that I worked on with Heather Gordy. So basically, I cut out many tiny shapes and then layered and pasted them. The vague patterns/lines on the side were made with rust, they are 'rust prints', technically. And interestingly, Moma Luna and I unknowingly chose the same colored palette to start...
Shana R. Goetsch to Moma Luna
Milwaukee, WI, USA to Arnhem, Gelderland, Holland
Apr 3, 2010
Update!
I have received a package from Moma Luna!
The only problem is that I have to pick it up from the post office....on Monday. What a downer, but at least it arrived. I am still worried that she has not received the package from me, on account of the Post Office worker not knowing what to do..."Holland? Is that the Netherlands?" *rolls eyes* "Yes Post Office lady, but despite that fact, her address is still 'Holland', so that's what I will write down." ugh. I spent at least a half an hour in that place, filling out form(s), so I really hope it gets there, or has already gotten there by now.
I also hope that what I have glued down (twice) has stayed glued down on the piece I sent to her. The rolling gave me problems, so I had to reglue. She may also have to reglue, but I truly hope it's not that bad. If it is, I will reglue it again when I get it back, with some kind of clear spackle. I joke, but it will eventually stick, because I'll make it stick.
So, provided that the light is decent, you will get the first round with Moma Luna and me on Monday afternoon...look for it!
The only problem is that I have to pick it up from the post office....on Monday. What a downer, but at least it arrived. I am still worried that she has not received the package from me, on account of the Post Office worker not knowing what to do..."Holland? Is that the Netherlands?" *rolls eyes* "Yes Post Office lady, but despite that fact, her address is still 'Holland', so that's what I will write down." ugh. I spent at least a half an hour in that place, filling out form(s), so I really hope it gets there, or has already gotten there by now.
I also hope that what I have glued down (twice) has stayed glued down on the piece I sent to her. The rolling gave me problems, so I had to reglue. She may also have to reglue, but I truly hope it's not that bad. If it is, I will reglue it again when I get it back, with some kind of clear spackle. I joke, but it will eventually stick, because I'll make it stick.
So, provided that the light is decent, you will get the first round with Moma Luna and me on Monday afternoon...look for it!
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