Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Beatrix
Labels:
celebration,
digital mandalas,
feest,
PSP
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
A Poem / Een Gedicht
Labels:
Anne-Mieke,
poetry
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Anne-Mieke
Labels:
Anne-Mieke,
coloring page,
friends,
love,
mandalas
Friday, April 25, 2008
Sea Mandala
A video about the progress of my latest mandala. I listened (among other things) to this music while I painted Katarina's mandala. This number, En Bateau, really gives me a "water" feeling. Instead of the refrigerator boats in which we worked, I see gentlemen and ladies in rowing boats on a pound on a sunday morning, like a Claude Monet painting.
My absolute favorite by Debussy is Claire de Lune, but for the video I picked the water music.
Een video over de ontwikkeling van mijn laatste mandala. Ik luisterde (onder andere) naar deze muziek terwijl ik de mandala van Katarina schilderde. Dit nummer, En Bateau, geeft me echt het gevoel op het water te zijn. In plaats van op een koelschip, waarop wij werkten, zie ik heren en dames in roeiboten op een vijver, rustig roeiend op een zondagochtend, als een Claude Monet schilderij.
Het allemooiste nummer van Debussy is Claire de Lune, maar voor de video koos ik de water muziek.
Labels:
birthmandala,
Debussy,
music,
seaworld,
YouTube
Thursday, April 24, 2008
New York
Monday, April 21, 2008
Katarina
Labels:
birthmandala,
mandala,
seaworld,
symbols
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Sweden /Zweden
Labels:
Anna,
digital art,
food,
Sweden,
travel
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Happy Birthday Anna
Monday, April 14, 2008
Marathon Woman
Labels:
Rotterdam
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Bubble Mandalas
I have the ability to see mandalas in everything..........so I see these dolphins making air-bubble-mandalas.
Anyhow, I just love this video. It gives me a good feeling! Enjoy it!
Ik heb een tic, dat ik overal mandala's in zie............dus ik zie de dolfijnen luchtbel-mandala's maken.
Hoe dan ook, ik vind dit een heerlijk filmpje. Ik word er helemaal blij van! Ik hoop jij ook!
Friday, April 11, 2008
The Mandala
Artwork
Unlike Theravadan Buddhist traditions, monks at Tibetan Buddhist monasteries are actively involved in the creation of artwork, using formulaic methods. Inspiration is the goal of the artwork - assisting the viewer with meditation and in attaining spiritual realisation - and thus the creation becomes far more important than the creator: as a result, most Tibetan art is anonymous.
Assisting with meditation are mandala murals and mandala tankas - the mandala is a mystic cirlce design or cosmogram. A unique Tibetan monastic art-form is the creation of sand mandalas - circular sand paitings made by monks from coloured sand over a period of several weeks. Elaborate ceremonies take place at the monastery during and after completion of the sand mandala: it is then destroyed, to indicate the impermanence of all things.
Ceremonies
Monasteries in Tibet used to stage an annual ceremony called Cham, with masked dances and accompanying long-horn music performed by the monks. In these rituals, the monks wore masks representing demons, spirits and mythical animals. Cham dance is still occasionally seen within Tibet, but authorities are highly suspicious of any large gathering of Tibetans, so the chances of witnessing one are rare.
Because of their close link with Tibetan Buddhism, many of the Tibetan arts are proscribed or no longer practiced within Tibet itself. That means you have to go to the exile community for the real culture.
Saving Tibetan Culture
The ancient Tibetan culture has developed along very different lines from others in high Asia. Saving this unique culture essentially comes down to the issue of religious freedom, because Tibet's cultural identity is tied in with its religion, and the Chinese do not respect that religion. Ultimately it's a question of human rights.
What human rights to the Tibetans want? The basic ones: the right to freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and freedom to follow Tibetan Buddhist beliefs. The right to a proper education, the right to use the Tibetan language. The rights of the child. Even the most fundamental human rights are denied to Tibetans. These include the rights to clean water, sufficient food, a home, health care, proper education, employment, protection from violence, equality of opportunity, and a say in their future.
The Dalai Lama puts it this way: 'The Chinese are entitled to their happiness, but not at the expense of another nation or people'.
I didn't make this mandala-movie nor wrote the above text, I just wanted to share this with you.
Hope there will come a day, the Tibetan people can live, create and express themselves in freedom, like all human beings are entitled to in this world.
Ik heb zowel dit mandala filmpje als de tekst hierboven niet gemaakt. Ik wil hem alleen met jullie delen.
Ik hoop dat er een dag komt dat het Tibetaanse volk in vrijheid kan leven, uiten en creëren, zoals ieder mens dat zou moeten kunnen op deze wereld.
Words and artwork by Lily
Exploring the Mandala
Tibetan Mandalas
Labels:
mandalas,
Tibetan Buddhism,
YouTube
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Pico Award
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Award
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Bangkok Impression
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
6 Words
I’ve been tagged by Kikipotamus the Hobo to play this game and here are the rules.
1.) Write a six-word memoir, post it on your blog (add an illustration if you like).
2.)Link to the person that tagged you in your post.
3.)Tag five more blogs with links.
4.) Leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.
Feel invited! copy the above and write your 6 word memoir! I think most my blog friend have been tagged already.......
Gee, have to write something..................Panic!
My memoirs in 6 words seems to me an impossible task, I'm not that nifty with words, but after some thinking I found my six-word memoir. Here it is:
My memoirs in six words, impossible.
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