‘Smile’ Mandala
The prompt at One Single Impression this week is ‘Smile’ as suggested by Geraldine.
It’s been awhile since I have done a mandala or participated in One Single Impression. Life got in the way but thanks to Geraldine who has pressured me…lol….to play again.
“Share your inner self
Give a smile to someone
Such an easy gift”
Thanks for the nudge Geraldine, I needed it and it was refreshing to get back to my mandalas.
Have a smiley kind of day everyone.
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 14,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL
Our family, our friends, and art
It blossoms all year long”
Rain Mandala
One day it was raining (a rare occurrence in Tucson) and I just felt like making a mandala and haiku.
For no good reason
I just needed to create
A word mandala
What I love about creating mandalas is the message they send. This one says rain brings flowers and life.
Have a great day everyone!
“Paper Mandala”
The prompt at One Single Impression this week is ‘Paper’ as suggested by Gautami Tripathy.
Paper in my life
Important and revealing
All shapes and sizes
To document my world
And do it creatively
What a fun prompt.
I ripped pieces of paper with images of things in my life, and pasted them to a watercolored circle to create this mandala
“Betrayal Mandala”
The prompt at One Single Impression this week is Betrayal as suggested by Leo.
Is it betrayal
When the petals turn all brown
No, it’s natural
Nature’s way is wonderful
It never dies, just renews
“Notebook Mandala”
The prompt at One Single Impression this week is ‘Notebook’ as suggested by Gautami Tripathy.
Notebook with paper
The paper filled with sketches
Snippets of my life
My notebooks are all sketchbooks!
“Weed Mandala”
The prompt this week at One Single Impression is “Weed” as suggested by Gabrielle.
My haiku:
My weeds have flowers
They can be stubby or tall
Enjoy their beauty
Interesting word to make poetry out of as well as a mandala. I enjoyed the challenge.
“Silence Mandala”
The prompt at One Single Impression this week is ‘Silence’ as suggested by Shall.
The desert silence
Is broken by cactus blooms
Rustling in the wind
Silence was a wonderful prompt! Thanks Shall.
“Dream Mandala”
The prompt at One Single Impression this week is “Dreams”.
I have been dreaming
That my vision was good
Then the dream came true
Two doctors made it better
Now I am back creating
This prompt was perfect for me. I had to take a blogging break to have surgery on my eye. I had scar tissue removed from my retina and a cataract removed with a lens implanted.
I am still recovering my vision a little bit everyday but when I saw the prompt I had to write this tanka.
