Started Section 3 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year last saturday (3/10). Section 3 is all about moving away from inner pain towards our inner Power.
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Happy Coloring!
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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And on the third day, I completed the coloring of section 2 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year. The third day being while I sat in my booth space at the Corvallis Indoor Winter Market on February 25.
I like using a variety of marker brands for a variety of effects. I use the brush style markers to ‘paint’ the backgrounds and textures. Then I like to overlay them with the gel and fine tip markers to add special effects and highlights. On the final slide you see a detail photo that shows how I used a gold gel marker to add hieroglyphic-styled markings…something that would be challenging to do with paint or color pencils.
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joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
ps: now on to section 3 
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While sitting in my booth space at the Corvallis Indoor Winter Market on February 18, I continued coloring Section 2 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year.
And just as a reminder…I’m coloring this year’s mandala with markers…mostly Tombow brand and gel markers.
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Today I finished coloring Section 1 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year…and with 5 days to spare!
While coloring I did my best to pay attention to the tightness throughout my body…in particular my stomach and shoulder areas. Every time I checked in, sure enough, I noticed my tightened stomach and hunched shoulders.
With each check in, I quickly relaxed those areas. While it still bugs me that I tense up, I seem to catch it sooner each time. Progress!
Here’s the slideshow of the final final touches to this section…
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joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
ps…time to prep for section 2!
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During my day 3 coloring of section 1 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year, I forgot to bring my camera with me so the slideshow skips over the progress for day 3 and only shows the end of day 3 & a close up.
I fully represent the day 4 progression.
And as previously noted, I’m working on letting go of the underlying fear that usually permeates throughout my stomach and shoulder areas. I continued with the mantra “I can handle”…meaning if I ‘screw up’ I can handle it and work with it.
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Feel free to download section 1 of the 2012 Mandala of the Year to color for yourself
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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In working with a life coach about my fears, I sensed this fear-based energy as a heavy rock half in and half out of my stomach and chest area (solar plexus & heart areas).
We worked through what its job is/was and how it came to be. I discovered that I created this ‘rock of fear’ a long time ago as a way to help me detect when what I was about to do would get me in trouble with my parents, teachers, religious leaders, and other people of authority.
This ‘rock’ became the voice of my protector. “Oh you don’t want to do that…it might upset your mother.” “You better be quiet in class or the teacher will yell at you.” In my youth and into my teens, this rock served me well.
But some 50 years later, this rock, which actually started out as a pebble, expanded its powers and now keeps me from doing less and less of what I want to do for fear of being ridiculed, made fun of, disregarded, etc. I gave this rock too much power…it’s time for me to take my power back.
I wanted to come up with a creative way to transform this rock, to let it go. I remembered an unfinished painting from 2004 that recently resurfaced. It looks like a multi-color, multi-faceted crystal. I decided to create an art project to transform my rock to a crystal.
Over the summer I found/bought an old round painted wood plaque for 10 cents at our local Habitat Restore (one of my favorite stores in town)…with the intent of doing something creative with it. Turns out it’s the perfect size for my crystal painting. I sanded down the wood plaque and painted it white.
Theses images show my progress from the unfinished painting to completed wall plaque.
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I created this project as a fun, creative way to work through my fear. Now I have a visual reminder that while the rock served me well and I’m grateful for all it has done for me, it’s now time to come from a place of the crystal.
joyfully,
Maureen, The Mandala Lady
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