I started working with mandalas as a substance
abuse counselor at a halfway house and found that
they were a rather interesting
and unassuming way to introduce my clients to various meditation
techniques. Imagine their initial consternation and disdain as I
passed out notebooks full of printouts and announced we would
be coloring for the next hour. But it did not take long, once
they took the leap of faith, and now you must imagine a roomful
of adults, some of them pretty rough looking, all hunkered down
over their mandalas and oblivious to the world around them. The
only sounds to be heard would be breathing and perhaps a quiet,
"Could you please pass me the red?"
Then I caught the bug and decided that I wanted to design
my own mandalas. Who ever would have thought that a CAD program
would fit the bill so perfectly? All of these designs were laid
out using AutoCAD, printed, then manually outlined & colored.
If you like, mouseover the thumbnails to the left to see a larger
version of some of my mandalas.
