Archive for November, 2006

Jewish Mandala Painting

November 27, 2006

Mandalas (the Sanskrit word for “sacred circle” ;) are used for spiritual healing, meditation and concentration, and are found in many Eastern and Western cultures. The circular images convey universal concepts about the cycle of life, eternity, oneness, wholeness, integration and harmony.
At one of the Integrated Arts meetings we briefly touched on the subject of [...]

Back to the easel

November 27, 2006

I finally got back to painting again. I was inspired to do it by the “Integrated Art” Jewish Journey Group at my synagogue. The group’s purpose was for artists or creatives working in any media to meet for five weeks and find creative inspiration. The first night I went we studied a Torah portion about [...]