The theme word at One Single Impression this week is ‘paradox’ suggested by Forest River Journal.
Paradox is an interesting word with a slippery meaning 
Here is my haiku:
A paradox for me
Mandala without color
Just brown, white and black
I found some brown paper and while fooling around with it, this mandala appeared and it seemed so perfect for paradox. Then the haiku appeared just as mysteriously.
Comments are moderated.
WOW…this is really spectacular! The brown, white and black are great together with no added colors! What did you use to do the white, if I may ask???
Comment by Julie — November 8, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
Beautiful, and perfect for the season – it looks like the monochrome flower seed-heads outside my window!
Comment by Deborah Godin — November 9, 2008 @ 10:30 am
Oh my goodness, I FINALLY got the ‘moderate comments’ off! Yay for me.
Julie, I used ink for the black and white colored pencil and on the brown paper it really seems to sparkle.
Comment by teric — November 9, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Dear Teri–
Aren’t all mandalas paradoxes, by their nature?
And this one….lovely thing it is!!
Thank you for this, as always–
Comment by Beth Patterson — November 9, 2008 @ 10:52 am
Wow!
Like it!
blank page soaked
Comment by gautami tripathy — November 9, 2008 @ 10:54 am
A truly beautiful and mysterious one this week – fitting, I thought, as there is so much of a paradox in the mandala itself.
Comment by anthonynorth — November 9, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
even in sepia, still mesmerizing!!
Comment by qualcosa di bello — November 9, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
One of my favorite mandalas Teri. I love the complexity of it. I look at it and think there is a vein I can follow then I lose it within.
Comment by Lisa at Greenbow — November 9, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
This one leaves me speechless. Well done Teri!
Comment by MyBellavia — November 9, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
Teri, you have outdone yourself! I think your reasoning (or story at least) on the happening of the mandela and of the haiku are paradoxical in themselves.
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I would wonder, no one mentions about my first set. The brilliant misses Paradise, the not brilliant one finds it. Does this come across?
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Comment by Jim — November 9, 2008 @ 10:32 pm
I see a chrysanthemum here. It is beautiful and eternal and wonderful.
Comment by SandyCarlson — November 9, 2008 @ 10:41 pm
..i do believe the phenomenon of a paradox is not always bad, not necessarily ie
we find two opposite poles in one magnet_a paradox?
and three lines that talk-
watch the metaphor,look at the allusions_
the happy paradox of a world without bias to color..(& as always, a good mandala)
.many thanks teri..
Comment by zoya gautam — November 10, 2008 @ 8:26 am
As of today, this one is my ‘new favorite’! Great post!
Comment by Tumblewords — November 10, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
Yes, yes, this is my new favorite! This one has a look of power to it.
Comment by Sandy — November 10, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
tis truly marvellous, specially on the brown background.wow.and i do likeyour haikus too.
Comment by soulbrush — November 11, 2008 @ 10:32 am
Lovely brown mandala and indeed a mandala without color seems impossible but yet beautiful!
Ps You are tagged (sorry)
Comment by Marianne — November 11, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
Serendipity!
Comment by Margaret Ann — November 11, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
I love this mandala – simple and yet complex.
Comment by Rebecca — November 12, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
T- the Mandala is indeed a paradox. We all spin in its never end circle. Given that, we should ALL be color-blind!
Wonderful form and flow of images. This is excellent. Well done my fiend.
love-bd
Comment by Beloved Dreamer — November 20, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
Oooo Teri… this is mysterious and oh so textured; love the yummy brown.
peace…
Cheryl
Comment by cheryl @ mandala oasis — November 21, 2008 @ 4:52 am
Teri,
Your prompt of “doodles” will be up Dec. 7 at OSI. Please send a poem and/or image to me for that post by this Friday. God bless.
Comment by SandyCarlson — December 2, 2008 @ 8:46 pm
Hi, Teri, just stopped by as a friend mentioned she’s missed your mandalas. (I love this one, by the way.) Hope all is going well for you and that you are just busy with wonderful things (other than mandalas
).
blessings,
Patricia (a/k/a Roswila)
Comment by Patricia (a/k/a Roswila) — January 22, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
i absolutly love your manadalas, and i think this 1 is my fave!
Comment by Gabby O — October 4, 2009 @ 3:17 am