Friday, May 10, 2013

Saturday Snapshot ~ Mandalas




My cousin sent me this book of Mandala's from Germany several years ago. You can see the German writing on the cover (click on picture to see it enlarged). The photo quality isn't the best as I used my camera phone.




Here is one of the pictures that I have colored that is a favorite. It's considered to be therapeutic and calming. Here is a link, to read more about Mandalas. I have enjoyed coloring them and my son enjoyed watching me when he was younger as we used to color together in coloring books and these pictures were pretty cool to him. We even did a few together. I haven't done one for awhile as I have some issues with tendonitis and carpal tunnel. I hope to get back to it sometime soon along with knitting and I'd love to try Zentangles

Does anyone else like to color Mandalas or draw Zentangles? There is a meditative and calming effect to drawing Mandalas and they are even used as a healing tool. All you need is a book or drawings and colored pencils. There are some websites with free printables, you can do a google search as there are many sites. 



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16 comments:

  1. Very lovely. It does look like that would be soothing. The only coloring books I have around are for the grandchildren. :-)

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  2. I think we adults should do more colouring in. I loved it so much as a child, it's a shame that we lose such joyous activities.

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  3. I believe that mandalas have a long and ancient history in most religious societies. I love their symmetry and balance. Lovely :-)

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  4. The name is familiar and I think we must have studied mandalas when we homeschooled. I definitely need something calming, so maybe I should look into it.Here's Mine

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  5. I've never heard of Mandalas but I do enjoy coloring. I used to color with my son all the time.

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  6. I've never done that...but it does look very calming....enjoy!

    Thanks for sharing...and here'sMY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

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  7. I've never heard of a mandala -- how interesting! The one you colored is beautiful, I love the colors you chose!

    Here is my SATURDAY SNAPSHOT post.

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  8. Oh. You learn something new everyday. I've never heard of Mandala but it does look like a therapeutic exercise I could learn to love.

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  9. That came out really good! I've never heard of that. Here’s my Saturday Snapshots
    Daisy from A Serendipitous Life

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  10. Back in the mid 90s I had fun making a personal mandala (it took a long time) ... then I painted it with watercolors. I find them fascinating. Yours is so lovely.

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  11. This is really cool! I knew nothing about Mandalas!

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  12. How fascinating. That's the second reference to mandalas I have come across in the last couple of days - perhaps it's a sign I should use one to meditate and relax! My Snapshot is at http://goo.gl/JyyYT

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  13. I had a book of Eastern patterns that was a coloring book for grown ups and I used to love shading in the different patterns. Your mandala reminds me of that. Several years ago I let my kids use my book for coloring so I don't have it anymore. You have my sympathies for the tendinitis and carpal tunnel - I have tendinitis in one of my hands and it's such an inconvenience.

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  14. At first for some reason I imagined "magic eye"....very cool.

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  15. There is an app for Chrome called Color Mandalas and I love it! You can color them online and then save them for printing.

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