In an effort to inspire her young son, Miles, to eat his breakfast (and other meals), New York graphic designer and illustrator, Erin Jang came up with this brilliant idea: present his food as faces…now he “gobbles them up.”
In a feature article on Lucky Peach, Erin shares her story of going to a local fish house to buy seafood. She let Miles pick out what he wanted. When they came home, she made up this plate of squid, shrimp, oysters, razor clams and ikura roe (on the “cheeks”). He devoured everything but the oysters (“too raw”). He even liked the ikura…calling it “fish juice.”
What a delightful presentation! Erin shows us an example of the Mary Poppins’ adage: “just a spoon full of sugar (joy) helps the medicine (food) go down.”
Her mandala inspires me to find a way to add joy and whimsey to all that I do.
Happy Coloring!
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My Mission: awakening our Creative Spirit in delightful, inspiring ways
For me, creating mandalas is more than just coloring pretty patterns in a circle. I do it because my spiritual evolution and creativity require it of me. My mandala designs come about within an active meditative state, connected with my higher self, my spiritual guides and nature spirits.
Together, we bring into form, mandala art the allows me to re-connect with my own inner peace and joy, letting me explore and expand my own creative spirit to however far and in whatever direction I want to take it.
As part of my own spiritual journey, I encourage, and hopefully inspire, others to explore their own creativity, to help them re-connect with their own inner peace and joy. As a means to that end, I make all of my mandalas available for people to color. Why should I have all the fun?
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