Amandla! Shield (Circle of Awareness Series) © Sue O'Kieffe 2009source image - unidentified autumn leaf
My computer had an attack of old age this past week that resulted in replacing her motherboard. By all accounts, this should keep her in good stead for a couple of years while I manifest the funds for a brighter lighter zippier system. My tech guys say Windows 7 looks pretty good. I thought it ironic the new O/S came out the same day I got the news about the needed repairs on my baby.
The first thing I had to do once plugged in was to create a new mandala.
A friend of mine told me that the word amandla was the Zulu word for power. Amandla! Awethu! means power to the people, and the phrase was the inspirational call to arms against apartheid in South Africa.
The vision suggested in this version is we are all powerfully connected to each other as elements of Hindu and Muslim cultures are blurred in with the central mandalic statement. I included Mehndi (henna tattoo) patterns and Arabic calligraphy in the field surrounding the mandala and blended them as a statement of oneness: Our cultural influences support the greater good. We Are All Powerful. The 13 rays suggest our own individual uniqueness within the great circle of life, as 13 is a number unique unto itself.
Finding our power and not giving it away to anyone or anything, I believe, is the ongoing quest of a lifetime.
Sue O'Kieffe
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4 comments:
Boy does that pop...gorgeous.
I needed this today. I need all the power one can muster. I knew if I stopped here my heart would warm.
Blessings to you.
The colors shout POWER to me! The combination of orange (second chakra) and green (fourth chakra)...birth/creation and love/heart...radiating yellow (third chakra)... personal strength and power...what could be a better shield and expression of protection and power than those energies!
I love how you have some message to convey with each of your mandalas.
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