Friday, October 29, 2010
1Mandala Portrait Delivery to Delican
This is my journey to Delican, a remote village in the Filipino mountains, to deliver several hard copy peace portrait prints of a family that I met on my last pass through their village. The prints were made possible by a donation from Humanity's Team Canada.
The village is 12 hours bus from Manila. One hour by rough dirt road. Three hours hike on a winding foot path. There's no road access, let alone phones, computers, printers or cameras.
I filmed this a few weeks ago. It's a real rough movie shot entirely with first takes. I have been a little ashamed to put it up, not just because it is so rough, but because so much effort went into gifting so little.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The 1Mandala’s new engine is CO-CREATION.
"A dozen children smile with their flower mandala prayer for Oneness in their community. Baagaan village, Sagada, Northern Philipines"
We’ve taken out an old diesel engine and replaced it with a hydrogen fuel cell! We’re running this baby a whole new way! The 1Mandala’s new engine is CO-CREATION.
But just what is co-creation?
Co-creation is a playful and powerful way of realizing our dreams together.
Co-creation is a revolutionary way of sustainably, harmoniously and supportively coming together to manifest a shared intention. It is the conscious integration of our diverse creative energies to profoundly compliment one the other. It is the balanced integration of the circular ways of the feminine with the linear ways of the masculine to empower our complimentary diversity.
And it is about time. For too long the masculine over the feminine has plagued humanity’s creations with conflict and instability. For too long valued the gifts of one sex, one group, one person over another.
And so we evolve. Fundamentally, co-creation is a deep acknowledgment that the journey really is the destination, that for all our independence we are inextricably connected and that only together can we achieve our grandest visions. Working co-creatively becomes a magical creative process that not only empowers the group's intention but brings about the community, companionship, and belonging that vastly empower the journeys and dreams of each individual co-creator. The 1Mandala is a bold, shinning example of co-creation in action.
So how does it work? Let’s show you. These very words were written by the 1Mandala’s co-creative writing team (2 men, 2 women). Using an open google doc we’ve crafted these paragraphs. The process takes a life of its own, fusing the unique insights and styles of each.
Click here to see how it works!
And this is how we are building the Mandala. From our translations (a multi-lingual team), to this newsletter (revised and defined by our team each week) to the actual mandala (each of your portraits and smiles).
Stay tuned, more on our new foundation next week.
Because We Are All One
The New 1MandalaTeam
Russell Maier - Sagada, Earth
Dan Millstein - California, USA
Yorlene Vega - Jaco, Costa Rica
Catalina Sursilov - Bucharest, Romania
Vero Ciz - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jarrett Krentzel - NYC, Victoria, America
Sarah Queblatin - Manila, Philippines
But just what is co-creation?
Co-creation is a playful and powerful way of realizing our dreams together.
Co-creation is a revolutionary way of sustainably, harmoniously and supportively coming together to manifest a shared intention. It is the conscious integration of our diverse creative energies to profoundly compliment one the other. It is the balanced integration of the circular ways of the feminine with the linear ways of the masculine to empower our complimentary diversity.
And it is about time. For too long the masculine over the feminine has plagued humanity’s creations with conflict and instability. For too long valued the gifts of one sex, one group, one person over another.
And so we evolve. Fundamentally, co-creation is a deep acknowledgment that the journey really is the destination, that for all our independence we are inextricably connected and that only together can we achieve our grandest visions. Working co-creatively becomes a magical creative process that not only empowers the group's intention but brings about the community, companionship, and belonging that vastly empower the journeys and dreams of each individual co-creator. The 1Mandala is a bold, shinning example of co-creation in action.
So how does it work? Let’s show you. These very words were written by the 1Mandala’s co-creative writing team (2 men, 2 women). Using an open google doc we’ve crafted these paragraphs. The process takes a life of its own, fusing the unique insights and styles of each.
Click here to see how it works!
And this is how we are building the Mandala. From our translations (a multi-lingual team), to this newsletter (revised and defined by our team each week) to the actual mandala (each of your portraits and smiles).
Stay tuned, more on our new foundation next week.
Because We Are All One
The New 1MandalaTeam
Russell Maier - Sagada, Earth
Dan Millstein - California, USA
Yorlene Vega - Jaco, Costa Rica
Catalina Sursilov - Bucharest, Romania
Vero Ciz - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jarrett Krentzel - NYC, Victoria, America
Sarah Queblatin - Manila, Philippines
Monday, October 11, 2010
[1P] The 1Portrait of the Day Returns!
It's been a long while since you received the Portrait of the Day from the project. We've been hard at work! I am real pleased to announce the down time is over.
We've been assembling a social system to get out the amazing portraits you've been sending us. Oh and that's the other thing. In our downtime some really amazing amazing portraits have come in!
I cannot wait to share them with you and the world.
We've also revamped the core invitation to the project. You'll notice the version at the bottom of all the forthcoming portraits. We're still working it to get it just right-- but the shift will be obvious.
We've crafted the invite and our systems to be contagious. We intend the circle to grow and encompass more more people and we want to see more and more fabulous portraits. And we intend to share them with more and more people!
Ok... We're going to make the Portrait of the Day a daily affair now. Each day a great creative smile from someone else on the planet to you!
You're gonna love it!
Russell
Friday, October 8, 2010
The World Day of Interconnectedness 10/10/10
The 090909 Mandala -- made out of portraits from last year's Day of Interconnectedness."
We're real proud to announce our second collaboration with the World Day of Interconnectedness.
Last year, on 09/09/09, events, celebrations and meditations were organized all over the world. We asked folks from these to get creative, shine Interconnectedness and snap a portrait for the 1Mandala.
These portraits were then woven together to create the 090909 Mandala you see above!
We beleive, that The World Day of Interconnectedness, on 10/10/10, is an important moment and movement in Humanity's conscious evolution.
The 1Mandala project joyfully joins to reflect, energize and celebrate the emerging oneness that will be ignited on this great day of Interconnectedness. We invite all participants on 10/10/10 (if possible at 10:10 AM) to get creative! Find and shine all the Love, Peace and Connectedness in your heart; then, snap your portrait and share it with us and the world. Upload your portrait on our 1Mandala.org/uploader and it will be woven into the grand mosaic 1Mandala with thousands of other portraits. The 1Mandala will unite the energy of all the events on 10/10/10 with the energy of the many other movements around that world that form the grand tide of humanity’s emerging Oneness Consciousness. A special 10/10/10 1Mandala will be available to all participants as a remembrance of the day, to keep the energy flowing and to express gratitude for everyone's participation.
Upload your portrait here on our system or send to peace@1Mandala.org
Connect with you soon! Because We Are All One
Last year, on 09/09/09, events, celebrations and meditations were organized all over the world. We asked folks from these to get creative, shine Interconnectedness and snap a portrait for the 1Mandala.
These portraits were then woven together to create the 090909 Mandala you see above!
We beleive, that The World Day of Interconnectedness, on 10/10/10, is an important moment and movement in Humanity's conscious evolution.
The 1Mandala project joyfully joins to reflect, energize and celebrate the emerging oneness that will be ignited on this great day of Interconnectedness. We invite all participants on 10/10/10 (if possible at 10:10 AM) to get creative! Find and shine all the Love, Peace and Connectedness in your heart; then, snap your portrait and share it with us and the world. Upload your portrait on our 1Mandala.org/uploader and it will be woven into the grand mosaic 1Mandala with thousands of other portraits. The 1Mandala will unite the energy of all the events on 10/10/10 with the energy of the many other movements around that world that form the grand tide of humanity’s emerging Oneness Consciousness. A special 10/10/10 1Mandala will be available to all participants as a remembrance of the day, to keep the energy flowing and to express gratitude for everyone's participation.
Upload your portrait here on our system or send to peace@1Mandala.org
Connect with you soon! Because We Are All One
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Apple Expedition
Today I made a beautiful 8km hike into Fedilisan. Thanks to 1Mandala donations by Sarah and Andrew I was equipped with a bushel of apples and some family portrait printed from my last visit.
The only way to get to Fedelisan is a winding, precarious mountain foot path that takes a good 20 minutes down and 30 minutes up. It is a humble village of small tin houses perched on the side of a dazzling verdent valley of rice terraces.
From my last visit I had learned that many of the kids had never tried apples before! It seems they grow everything here in the Philippines-- except apples. They are eight times the cost of the local bananas and you can only get them in the larger towns and cities. I picked up some in my pass through Sagada and brought them with me.
They also don't have cameras or printers in Fedelisan! The family I had met on my last visit had no photos of their kids. I had snapped some of her family and her really shy son on my last visit. You should have seen the mother's smile when she opened up the envelope with the pics!
I was invited into the community hall for coffee. There I met Dawanee and Douane. Douane is 15 days old! Dawnee asked if I could take some photos of her newborn. Her first baby photos! Can you imagine not having photos of your newborn? I'll be sure she gets some prints too.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Mandalas, Hoopla, and Magic
So what's all the hoopla about mandalas anyway? A lot. Let us tell you why we've chosen, with deep intention, this profound medium.
Mandalas are ancient spiritual art-forms found throughout the world's religious traditions and nature. Natural mandalas can be found wherever we choose look-- from tropical flowers, to spider webs to the whirl of galaxies. They have inspired humans across time and continents to harness circular geometry and create the likes of cathedral rose windows, Tibetan sand paintings, indigenous peoples’ dream catchers, Islamic mosaics, and more. The mandala is a powerful and deeply human art form that unites us across cultures.
In all these traditions mandalas re-connect us with sacred wisdom and ourselves, and, in so doing, energize our consciousness.
Russell and Sarah, the artists in the 1Mandala core team have seen it happen around the world. When you make a mandala with pastels, leaves, or flower petals something magical happens. The creator takes all that is really them-- their favorite colors, shapes, and symbols, their joys, hurts and dreams, and weaves them all together in a circular tapestry of meaning. Geometry and symmetry blossom to hold it all together. And everything re-connects. There is great power in connecting and uniting. It ignites passions, inspiration and healing.
And so, we use this ancient art and the latest social media technology, to invite the world and you to cocreate to a mandala the likes of which has never been seen before! A mandala that will reflect, energize and celebrate the emerging Oneness Consciousness on Earth.
Stay tuned. We share more of our new 1Mandala Invitation next week.
See the magic in action. View a magical movie of Russell’s mandala making in Canada and Sarah's mandala work in the Philipines.
Russ: http://www.youtube.com/russs95#p/u/37/q32hlcuEJQk
Sarah: http://picasaweb.google.com/sarah.queblatin/ArtIsLife#
Because we are all one,
Russell & The New Core Team of the 1Mandala Project:
Russell Maier - Sagada, Earth
Dan Millstein - California, USA
Yorlene Vega - Jaco, Costa Rica
Catalina Sursilov - Bucharest,Romania
Vero Ciz - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jarrett Krentzel - NYC, Victoria, America
Sarah Queblatin - Manila, Philippines
1Mandala - A Planetary Co-Creative Art Project
Friday, September 10, 2010
A video intro to Sagada and 1Mandala Strategy
"Russell in Sagada leads the 1Mandala team through a circular flow chart that integrates each social element of the 1Mandala project into a contagious cocreative circle that can inspire and sustain viral growth."
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