A Woven Prayer Basket...

 to gather healing thoughts...peaceful, serene spirits...

positive energies...and love filled wishes

for my dear aunt,

her loving husband, and her beautiful family. 

"God, grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom

to know the difference.”

~Reinhold Niebuhr

Happy Earth Day...

"Humankind has not woven the web of life.

We are but one thread within it.

Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

All things are bound together.

All things connect."

~Chief Seattle, 1855

"Sunday Summer Zen...Regrowth..."

“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves;
otherwise we harden.”
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"First Impressions..."

...can run really HOT or extremely COLD.

Maybe

it's best to step back a bit and view things

from a distance...before imprinting

our brains with

with hasty conclusions.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression

by saying something,

and sometimes one creates

as significant an impression by

remaining silent.”
~Dalai Lama

"From the Inside Out..."

...a healing mandala.

Drawn in my Zen journal lead free...ink straight in...

while

balancing book, pens, and composition in my lap.

This is

a first in a new series for a new year...

and

just what the (art) doctor ordered...LOL...:)
Rx: let loose...

make mandalas as needed...repeat daily...

add music if desired.

Side effects:

shapes may not appear as they are in real life:

be alert to frequent bouts of

"wonkiness"...and audible sighs of "Ahhh!"!

♥