LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY PART II

This was the last tile I created on my peaceful day of tangling (see Part 1 for more info about that).  I loved the way this came out.  Once again I was in a room with over 100 people and deeply appreciated the total silence while we all focused on our tiles.

You may recognize elements of the photo above in the photo below.  That's because I took the photo above and ran it through an iPhone app and created this mandala:

"Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life."
- Pema Chodron


And then I used another app and came up with this:

While I'm drawing or tangling, time seems totally irrelevant.  In that moment, there is no time, just breath.  Just focus.  Just being.
This is the essence of meditation, surely.

“The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.”
~Junot Diaz