Sunset on the Bay Mandala

26 Friday Aug 2011

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black, gold, Mitchell's Bay, orange, sunset

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life. –Rachel Carson

A life-long, indestructible sense of wonder. What a great wish.

A country drive last weekend had us at Mitchell’s Bay, Ontario, just in time for me to photograph these incredible colours over the bay.

Sunset on the Bay - detail. Click to enlarge.

Sunset on the Bay Mandala - source image

Lichen Mandala

04 Thursday Aug 2011

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beach, gold, grey, lichen

I started to think about writing something informative or insightful about lichen, maybe some background about how lichen grow or perhaps something about the beauty of the most humble forms of life… but as I scanned various sites to prepare something, I realized I just wasn’t very interested in lichen. (Lichen-lovers, you can just keep comments to yourselves. I am very comfortable with my own lichen indifference.) The symbiotic nature of lichen is very cool… they are like kefir grains that way. I do like kefir.

But what I find more interesting than lichen are the people who find them interesting. Check out the drawing below, or go here to Wikipedia for a huge, highly detailed version. I do love the range of human hobbies and the passion people sometimes invest in obscure things.

"Lichenes" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904

My mandala is made from an image of crustose lichens, taken on a beach in New Brunswick, 2010.

Lichen Mandala - detail

Lichen Mandala - source image. Click to enlarge

Apple 2 Mandala

08 Friday Oct 2010

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apple, autumn, fruit, gold, orange, Thiessens Orchard

I promised more apple mandalas, and I deliver more apple mandala. What’s more, I suspect there are even more coming. I’m feeling inspired.

Apple 2 Mandala Detail

Apple 2 Mandala Source

Last of the Corn Mandala

04 Monday Oct 2010

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autumn, brown, corn, gold, round, seasons, Southern Ontario

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot

Southern Ontario is officially and completely in autumn now. The calendar says so — as do the longer nights, the softer gentle sun, the whisper of winter on the wind and gusts that spin dry leaves in circles on the road.

This mandala was made with a photo I took yesterday near the ghost town of Olinda, Ontario.

Last Corn Mandala -detail

Last Corn Mandala - source photo

Lake Huron Glow Mandala

21 Wednesday Apr 2010

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beach, blue, Dave Tisdale, glow, gold, grey, Lake Huron, tranquility

“On the beach, you can live in bliss.” — Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys

I can’t decide what I think of this mandala. One minute I like it, then next not so much. The source photo was taken by my late brother, Dave, of a beach special to our family. He caught the beach in an especially tranquil and lovely mood.

Perhaps the mandala fails to convey that tranquility and that’s why I’m not sold on it. Or perhaps I just miss my brother. I do love his photo, though.

Lake Huron Glow-detail

Lake Huron Glow - source photo by Dave Tisdale, 1952-2006

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Sunset on the Bay Mandala

Lichen Mandala

Apple 2 Mandala

Last of the Corn Mandala

Lake Huron Glow Mandala

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