faith and mandalas

 

 

mandalas make me happy. friends make me happy. making mandalas with friends makes me really happy!

faith and i became online friends several years ago and have had several fun creative get-togethers this year, including her family staying with us for a week during the summer and lots of painty time in my studio (we would have had more painty time had i not developed a freaky swollen eye rendering me blind for 3 days and unable to teach our joint workshop - blind painting class anyone?!!)...putting aside fabrics for a few days and spreading out all the painting stuff was a juicy way to inhabit my new studio - fuelled by flourless chocolate cake from the cafe accross the road (mm!) we worked on a bunch of mini canvases, collaborating like this was really fun and freeing and has motivated me to create more opportunites for myself to get together with friends and do what makes me happy, instead of feeling lonely and retreating away. this is my meditation...(faith making one of her beautiful flower mandalas, i don't do it enough but making these has changed me!)

cheers to friends, creative flow and carving out a life you love! xo

if you are on instagram, follow @inourelement where you find all of our mini mandalas, along with our creative gathering on the cape this coming weekend

Comments

[Carrie-Anne Roy]

oh emily.. look at the beauty you are creating.
you are such a beautiful artist and that space, making me want to high tail it over there.

[Faith]

Just seeing this and basking in all of the beauty and gorgeous times that we have created and shared in this past year. Its truly glorious, and makes my heart swell. Em, you attract and gather beauty and joy. Feeling honored to share that and inspire each other.

[Fi Parker]

I showed my class (Year 4 in Sydney, Australia)these and the other ones you and your girls have made and we have made our own. We are talking about conservation and the environment and it's a beautiful way to think about the cyclical nature of our world. I'd show you some photos, but I can't pot it here. Thank you for inspiring us :)