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The Flower Mandalas blog has a dual purpose:
- To explore the use of art as a means to healing and transformation.
- To ask for your help in completing The Flower Mandalas Project.
Purpose #1: My intent is to use my own Flower Mandalas and related ideas and thoughts as a springboard for a broader exploration of the topic of art, healing, and transformation. I invite you to contribute your own experiences with art, healing, and transformation to the Art, Healing, and Transformation group on Beliefnet.com. I hope that a lively discussion will ensue there. I will moderate this group and, with your permission, post a selection of your contributions on the Flower Mandalas blog. You may also contact me directly at phototransformations@davidbookbinder.com.
Purpose #2: I’d like to ask for your responses to the Flower Mandala images posted here, either briefly as comments to the blog posts or in detail on the Behance Network Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas page. My plan is to create a book of 52 Flower Mandala images, each one paired with an inspirational quotation and original essay which in some way complement the image. My hope is for each image-and-quote-and-essay triad to resonate with a fundamental aspect of human experience.
Thanks for listening and sharing.
- David
David J. Bookbinder, LMHC
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posted March 10, 2008 at 3:38 am
I like the black and white pic…the image seems to move a bit before my eyes…yet is calming…much more so to my mind than the pink:)
posted March 10, 2008 at 6:30 am
I’m all in favor of ‘shades of gray’ thinking…it’s still objective, in my mind, but less rigid. But I don’t know..there’s something about removing the color/emotion that lessens the experience. When I first looked at the black & white mandala, I thought it was beautiful, of course. Then I popped open the pink…ahhh! the same shapes, detail, and the softness & warmth of the pink…a much fuller, richer experience. Love your work, btw!
posted April 20, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I think the black and white photo does reveal the underlying structure better. You can see the components. However, the color photo shows the life of the subject. It gives depth and nuance and the added dimension of being alive. Without the color, you see structure, but diminish the totality. Much like if you dissect an earthworm, you can clearly see all it’s parts, it’s components. And you make it somehow simpler, perhaps even easier to understand, but you no longer have a functioning organism that is alive. That’s the difference as I see it.
posted May 9, 2008 at 7:40 am
I can plant flower seeds and watch them grow. This year I planted
morning glories of a different color and yellow merigold. The sun
flowers will be planted soon. The birds will be able to eat them.
In the home,color is important for maintaining moods.
posted June 14, 2010 at 8:24 am
If only more people could read about this..