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Watch How a Handful of Sand can Become a Huge, Beautiful Mandala

New Yorker Joe Mangrum has an unusual hobby: he likes to head out to a public space with bags of sand and create mandala designs where every passer-by can watch him at work. He says he creates his colorful sand mandalas not only to create joy for kids, but to inspire and motivate adults to pursue their own creativity.

Mangrum creates his designs organically, allowing each piece to grow from the centre outwards, without any planning or design in mind. The result is that the shapes and colors that Mangrum uses to create his mandalas reflect his moods, opinions and thoughts as he creates each piece. And when he’s done, 8 or 9 hours later… He sweeps up all his sand and heads home only to return some time later and repeat his meditative, inspirational art process.

Like Joe Mangrum on Facebook for more sand art mandala designs.

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September 4, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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A clever hiker holds onto a guide rope while he navigates a skull shaped maze in this illustration by Jessica Fortner

Mesmeric Illustrations by Jessica Fortner

Canadian artist Jessica Fortner works in both traditional and digital media, though even when working in traditional media, there are elements in her designs that appear to only be possible with the help of a computer arts program such as Photoshop. She pays such careful attention to form and detail that it seems almost unlikely […]

September 5, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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The Ultimate “Only in Russia” Video Compilation

Distractify.com has put together the best videos from Russia, taken from videos uploaded online to sites like Youtube. As the narrator says in the introduction, “Ever since the invention of dashboard cameras, the Russians have been catching up to the Japanese for the amount of hilarious sh*t on the internet.” The compilation video that follows merely […]

August 31, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
  • September 4, 2014
  • by Catherine Nessworthy
  • Art Installations
  • america, artist, beautiful, color, inspiration, joe mangrum, life, mandala, new york, outdoors, public, sand art, spiritual, video

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