Design Guides
The Symbolic Beauty of Polynesian Tattooing Nga tama o Punga Click on the image above to save or print. Nga tama o Punga is the name of the last design in the book, and in the Maori language it means “the children of Punga.” It is inspired by the author’s personal tattoos. Punga was the [...]
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MATANGI: Knowledge This yantra is ideal if you’re studying esoteric subjects, music, or art. ARCHETYPE The Knowledge Yantra is associated with the wild and mystical goddess Matangi, who lives by her own laws outside society in the forest. Her presence is said to purify society’s thinking through her innovative interpretation of the scriptures, art, and [...]
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Sacred geometry refers to designs imbued with symbolic meanings, as well as the techniques used to create those designs. Once thought of as esoteric knowledge, numbers operate in ways that are amazing even by today’s secular standards. The designs presented in Creating Mandalas with Sacred Geometry draw on the vast history of mathematics and philosophy, from Pythagoras—who [...]
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Seeing Fresh: The Art of Contemplative Photography in Action
Seeing Fresh: The Art of Contemplative Photography in Action The Practice of Contemplative Photography offers a series of photographic assignments, along with examples of images that successfully fulfill them. The purpose of these assignments is to help people connect directly with the visual world and to express that experience photographically. The book’s companion website www.seeingfresh.com invited [...]