by atmara | Jan 2, 2017 | Art, Drawing Mandalas, Mandala Coloring, Mandala Monday, Mandalas
I found 2 new places to draw mandalas online. The first I found from the post Mandala-Making: Release Your Inner Wisdom, a tutorial on how to draw mandalas, which also links to a video, which we featured on November 7, 2016 (Mandala Monday – How to draw Mandalas (even if you can’t draw) by Andrea Schroeder). In addition, Mandala-Making: Release Your Inner Wisdom also points you to MyOats.com where you can draw your own mandala with their interface and download it to color, or color it online.
The instructions for using the tool on MyOats.com are included in the post and I have copied them for you here as well:
- Go to the MyOats.com creation page.
- From the bottom menu, choose your “Stage Color” as white and “Shape Color” as black.
- From here you can play with the drawing “Tools” on the bottom menu. It works well if you start with the “Polygon” shape option and then add details with the “Smooth Pencil.” To make a more intricate pattern, go the “Sides” tab on the bottom menu and increase the number.
- On the upper menu, you can undo or clear your work under the “Edit” tab.
- The “Download Wallpaper” function under the “File” tab creates the perfect downloadable and printable coloring page!
- Note: Under the “View” tab of the top menu, unchecking the “Blur” option makes for a cleaner coloring page printout.*
(*These instructions are directly quoted from Mandala-Making: Release Your Inner Wisdom)
You can also simply make colorful mandalas online using this program and share them with friends!
This post has lots of other mandala links and information. Those include links to mandala coloring pages as well as a link to download mandalas to color right from the post. Here is an example of one of them:
This post is a treasure trove of mandala information. Enjoy.
Another cool site to draw mandalas online is Drawerings.com. They also have apps for your phone or tablet that can be found at http://www.drawerings.com/app .
So go forth and draw mandalas online! Happy mandala making.
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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
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by atmara | Dec 26, 2016 | Art, Love, Mandalas, Video
A Blessing of Angels by John O’Donohue
May the Angels in their beauty bless you.
May they turn toward you streams of blessing.
May the Angel of Awakening stir your heart
To come alive to the eternal within you,
To all the invitations that quietly surround you.
May the Angel of Healing turn your wounds
Into sources of refreshment.
May the Angel of the Imagination enable you
To stand on the true thresholds,
At ease with your ambivalence
And drawn in new direction
Through the glow of your contradictions.
May the Angel of Compassion open your eyes
To the unseen suffering around you.
May the Angel of Wildness disturb the places
Where your life is domesticated and safe,
Take you to the territories of true otherness
Where all that is awkward in you
Can fall into its own rhythm.
May the Angel of Eros introduce you
To the beauty of your senses
To celebrate your inheritance
As a temple of the holy spirit.
May the Angel of Justice disturb you
To take the side of the poor and the wronged.
May the Angel of Encouragement confirm you
In worth and self-respect,
That you may live with the dignity
That presides in your soul.
May the Angel of Death arrive only
When your life is complete
And you have brought every given gift
To the threshold where its infinity can shine.
May all the Angels be your sheltering
And joyful guardians.
Peace to you all.
In Love Always,
Atmara
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by atmara | Dec 19, 2016 | Art, Inspiration, Mandala Monday, Mandalas
A Blessed Holiday and Peace to you all.
And for your inspiration this poem by Jeff Foster:
THE COURAGE TO BE FREE (IN A WORLD GONE MAD)
The world has gone insane with work.
You alone have the courage to rest.
The world has lost its playfulness, its joy of being.
You alone have the courage to live like a free child.
To touch life at the point of creation.
To laugh at cats and snow.
People seem busy, but they are running.
Running from their feelings.
Running from shame and guilt.
Running so they don’t have to stop.
And meet themselves.
And wonder who they really are.
You alone have the courage to stop.
To feel your feet in contact with the sacred ground.
To notice your breath rising and falling.
To feel yourself caressed by the morning sunshine,
filled by the afternoon, and entered by the evening.
The world needs you, because you are not fully in this world.
You bring a presence that warms this world.
Your innocence is a balm for this world’s certainties.
The world has become jaded, but you are new.
– Jeff Foster
In Love Always,
Atmara
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