CAVE PAINTING ASSIGNMENT
My Process: I decided to
paint my picture on the stone stoop at one of the back entrances of my
house. I got some red Virginia clay and
some ashes from my fire pit put them together in a clay bowl and mixed with
water. I made a brush out of dried day
lily
fronds, lashed them together with a
twist tie and frayed the brush edge with a scissor.
I then proceeded to paint my story.
My Story in Cave Painting:
Yesterday we made a trip down to
Yogaville in Buckingham County for a festival called Guru Poornima which
celebrated its founder and spiritual Guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Each year on the full moon in July this
sacred celebration is held throughout India and other places where Gurus are
being honored and celebrated.
Yogaville is unique in that it has
an amazing Universal temple called the LOTUS shrine.
It is a temple in the shape of a
lotus flower that honors and holds altars for all the major world religions
there is a central light that branches out to each individual altar. It is
truly a beautiful shrine. In the morning
I attended an ecumenical service with representatives from all the major
religions. One of the presenters was an
African woman who was assisted by a drummer.
The woman said a universal prayer and then sang a beautiful and soulful
chant accompanied by the drummer. I was so moved by the soul stirring sound of
the drum and the feeling of universal love that I decided to paint some of my
impressions of the day.
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