I chose to include it's symbols in my project, because despite it's chaotic look it is actually something symbolizing unity, wholeness and connection with the nature.
As we walk through big cities we see less and less nature, there are many places where beautiful landscapes, nature... are ruined because of human activity, and we have to look for nature in big cities, so my idea is to invert that. For example a landscape of a forest with almost transparent people in it, so you have to look very close to see them. Something like a game. As you have to stare in the picture with the bird to see the eye inside. I will very soon send you ready results, I am just very careful in choosing the right photographs for this purpose.
So my idea is all this photography to be a campaign aiming to gain awareness to the fact, that "everything might seem a chaos, but it is all connected".
Maṇḍala (मण्डल) is a Sanskrit word meaning "circle." In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of
most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a
circle with a center point. Each gate is in the shape of a
T. Mandalas often exhibit radial balance.
These mandalas, concentric
diagrams, have spiritual and ritual significance
in both Buddhism and Hinduism. The term is of Hindu origin and appears in the Rig Veda as the name of the sections of the work, but
is also used in other Indian religions,
particularly Buddhism. In the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, mandalas have been developed into sandpainting. They
are also a key part of anuttarayoga tantra meditation practices.
In various spiritual traditions,
mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of aspirants and adepts, as a
spiritual teaching tool, for establishing a sacred space, and as
an aid to meditation and trance induction.
According to the psychologist David Fontana, its
symbolic nature can help one "to access progressively deeper levels of the
unconscious, ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense
of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold
forms arises."
The psychoanalyst Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self," and believed his paintings of mandalas enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality.
In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.
The psychoanalyst Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self," and believed his paintings of mandalas enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality.
In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.
The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian
language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean "circle," a mandala
is far more than a simple shape. It
represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational
structure of life itself--a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to
the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and
minds.
Describing both material and non-material realities, the mandala
appears in all aspects of life: the celestial circles we call earth, sun, and
moon, as well as conceptual circles of friends, family, and community.
Representing the universe itself, a mandala is both the
microcosm and the macrocosm, and we are all part of its intricate design. The
mandala is more than an image seen with our eyes; it is an actual moment in
time. It can be can be used as a vehicle to explore art, science, religion and
life itself. The mandala contains an encyclopedia of the finite and a road map
to infinity.
Carl Jung said that a mandala symbolizes "a safe refuge of
inner reconciliation and wholeness." It is "a synthesis of
distinctive elements in a unified scheme representing the basic nature of
existence." Jung used the mandala for his own personal growth and wrote
about his experiences.
It is said by Tibetan Buddhists that a mandala consists of five
"excellencies":
The teacher • The message • The audience • The site • The time
The teacher • The message • The audience • The site • The time
An audience or "viewer" is necessary to create a
mandala. Where there is no you, there is no mandala. (from: You Are the Eyes of
the World, by Longchenpa, translated by Lipman and Peterson).
Some examples of mandala:
and some of these elements brought to a final piece:
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