232 – Chicago’s Mandalas

Back in the 1960’s when Marina City, designed by architect, Bertrand Goldberg, was first being built in Chicago, its towers were the first circular apartment buildings in history; as well as being both the tallest concrete structures and tallest residential towers in the world. “More importantly, they were an experiment in a new urban philosophy: building a city within a city.”

231 – Port Hole Mandala

Katie Love, one of the members of an all-female, all-American 18′ skiff racing team (Chad’s Angels), captured this image of the San Francisco Bay from the tug boat she was working on, called the Adriatic Sea.

230 – Horned Toad Mandala

Empathic psychic, Mystikka Jade, captured this photo of a very interesting creature: the horned toad. Along with her metaphysical activities, she … More

229 – Weaving Basket Mandala

Texas basket weaver, Donya Stockton, created this award-winning inter-weaving basket which, per her flickr site, received Best of Sculpture at the Southwest School of Art Annual Faculty and Student Exhibition 2011 and [was] accepted to Latitude, Convergence 2012 in Long Beach, California.

228 – Yin Yang Mandala

Here is a different take on the Yin Yang symbol…watching it being created on a 3-dimensional surface as posted by The Resonance Project on their youtube.com page. I love watching how in a very mathematical way they create this most beautiful and spiritual symbols.

227 – Happy Birthday Mandala

Today we take a bit of a light-hearted approach to the MotD. It takes birthday candles to a whole new, creative level…from happybirthdaycandle.com.

226 – Shadow Mandala

Mandalma of “Mandal’arte ~ mandalas na natureza” on facebook, recently posted this reverse shadow of a mandala onto a tree. What a cool idea! And the cat is a delightful added touch to the scene.