Each month, the Goodwins put out a linear new moon mandala, faithfully at the new moon. I've been fascinated with them and taken to coloring them.Here's what I have so far:
April 17, 2005
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"New Moon Mandala - Controlled Radiance"
December 9, 2007
I was again inspired by the Mandala of the Month. The square version done, all black lines by Clare Goodwin, all coloring mine, I decided to make a version suitable for print and framing. Either way, by printing via your printer or using a photo site for 8x10, this should result in a version ultimately framable in 8x10: |
In this version, I found it best to fade away the outer square border somewhat, so that it doesn't distract from the overall
design. Julia, who is _SO_ knowledgable about things, noticed right away the Islamic influence of the original linear mandala. I think this came from the person who this month has the mandala site of the month. Paul Barchilon is a Sephardic Jew who creates art in the Islamic style. He explains about the Islamic "prohibition to include any kind of representational artwork. The complexity of design they have achieved within those limitations in 1300 years of art has always amazed me, both by how different it is from Western art, and at how incredibly sophisticated it is." A weird synchronicity, I found a link elsewhere to more artwork created within this very restrictive limitation
"New Moon Mandala - November 2008"
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