Ojos de Dios - Mandalas
Also known as the Eye of God, I have been making Ojos de Dios Mandalas for more than 30 years, after seeing a Huichol Indian design in Guadalajara and later Navajo and Hopi designs in The Southwestern United States. See more about my ojo story here. Each mandala is unique, and given it's own name.
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Eternal Sunrise, a 24 inch Ojo de Dios, by custom order
Mandala of the Week
For Thursday,
July 29, 2010
Eternal Sunrise
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I created this Ojo while camping in the Mt. Shasta CA. Area, and I hope it carries something of the spiritual atmosphere of that mountain. The name comes from this poem by William Blake
Does the winged life destroy.
But he who kisses the joy as it flies,
Lives in Eternity's Sunrise.
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Quick Ojo Fact:
Ojo de Dios, or the plural, Ojos de Dios ( the Spanish *j* is silent, or a light *h* sound, so roughly pronounced *oh-ho's-day-DEE-ohs*), which is Spanish for Eye of God, or Eyes of God, are mandalas made from yarn and sticks by native peoples of Mexico and South America.
Indians of the United States Southwest adopted the craft more recently, and the eight sided mandalas of the Navajo are the pattern I've most often used personally. However, I've now moved on to twelve sided mandalas.
In the 1970's, mandalas similar to this were a very common folk art in the American Southwest, but today are oddly hard to find. After a break of several years of not making any, I've renewed my interest, and hope I've achieved a new level of artistic merit.
