Discipline as Discipleship

February 6, 2010

“Self-discipline and contentment are useful.” The Dalai Lama When we hear the word discipline, the first thing that usually comes to mind is that someone is going make us do something we don’t want to do. Self-discipline often means that we are going to try to make ourselves do something that we don’t want to [...]

Read the full article →

Don’t ask what the world needs . . .

February 1, 2010

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman, American theologian Clergyman and activist – 1900-1981

Read the full article →

What is a Well-Lived Life?

January 22, 2010

If we were to ask ten people to define a well-lived life we would probably get ten different answers. Some people would measure success in money; others, by recognition of peers. For some it would be a well-designed and useful product; for others, a beautiful garden. Some would measure it in terms of good relationships, [...]

Read the full article →

9 Steps to Organization

January 12, 2010

When you made your New Year’s resolutions last January, was “Get organized!” near the top of your list? Did you make the same resolution the year before? And the year before? Is your desk still stacked with magazines, catalogues, event schedules, junk mail and very important things to do? Are your closets still untidy and [...]

Read the full article →

The Receptive

October 24, 2009

“The Receptive accommodates itself to the qualities of the Creative and makes them its own. Thus a square develops out of a straight line and a cube out of a square. This is compliance with the laws of the Creative; nothing is taken away, nothing added. Therefore the Receptive has no need of a special [...]

Read the full article →

Artist’s Statement

October 24, 2009

Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle. Mandalas are symbols of unity and wholeness, and are often used for meditation and healing. They give us access to the Sacred Source from which arises all wisdom, power and love. A mandala may represent a metaphysical concept or truth, an archetype from the personal or collective unconscious, [...]

Read the full article →

Fire Descending to Earth

October 24, 2009

“What is dark clings to what is light and so enhances the brightness of the latter. A luminous thing giving out light must have within itself something that perseveres; otherwise it will in time burn itself out. Everything that gives light is dependent on something to which it clings, in order that it may continue [...]

Read the full article →

Gift of the Grail

October 24, 2009

“All that is visible must grow beyond itself, extend into the realm of the invisible. Thereby it receives its true consecration and clarity and takes firm root in the cosmic order.” — I Ching — This is the first mandala that came to me, although it was not completed for over a year. It is about [...]

Read the full article →

Rebirth

October 24, 2009

This mandala is the first that I completed. I began it in late January 1996 on the 42nd anniversary of my father’s death and completed it four days later on the eve of my birthday. The pillar is a symbol of strength and garlanded with flowers to soften its aspect with beauty and grace. The [...]

Read the full article →

Spirits of the Marsh

October 24, 2009

I drew this mandala during a period in which I was considering how to extricate myself from an alliance whose time had come to an end. To foster contemplation and release, I spent a lot of time walking along the marshes at the Marin County water reclamation district. During that time, a huge flock of [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →