Joy is a piece of digital artwork by Georgiana Romanovna which was uploaded on March 7th, 2012.
Joy
The practice of creating mandalas as a sacred art and spiritual science of consciousness originated many thousands of years ago in the holy land of... more
Title
Joy
Artist
Georgiana Romanovna
Medium
Digital Art - Mandala
Description
The practice of creating mandalas as a sacred art and spiritual science of consciousness originated many thousands of years ago in the holy land of India.
Within the Hindu tradition the mandala takes the form of the yantra, a sacred diagram intended to guide the meditator to experience unity with the center, known as a bindu, or absolute.
Tibetan sand mandalas traditionally include intricate and often symmetrical designs of geometric shapes, the figures of deities, and depictions of sacred or spiritual icons. Created as an act of healing for an individual, the environment, a community or the world.
Navajo sand painters use them in their healing rites. Many native people use the Medicine Wheel, a mandala form, to connect to earth energies and the wisdom of nature.
Mandalas appear in the complex patterns of Islamic art, in the knot work of the ancient Celts, in the sacred art of Christian mystics, in sacred architecture all over the world. Today, modern artists are producing their own forms of the sacred Mandala's, but the very basic structures have changed very little, despite designs reflecting a more modern appearance.
I hope you enjoy mine!
Uploaded
March 7th, 2012
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Comments (1)
Ante Barisic
Zeana, I like the whole series of mandalas, however this is my favorite so far, Ante
Georgiana Romanovna replied:
Thank you, Ante, and thank you for your thoughts. I made these in a rather dark period of life, but this one was me in a bit of an upbeat mood. Mandala's just intrigue me. :)