Some of you already know...I’ve been working on my "Mandala Mala Project" for many years now.
If you don't know about it...I’m endeavoring to make 108 mandalas. I don’t sell them in the traditional sense. I give them away in exchange for “random acts/tasks” of kindness.
I like to think of it as a "pay it forward" project. A way for my art to be a catalyst for positive change. It's been a labor of love to get this far...with more stumbles along the way than I ever imagined at the beginning. Yet...I have not given up. I'm slowly getting closer to this goal.
100% of the Mandalas sales at The Jeweled Warrior will benefit an organization called EndoWhat?
It's an organization that works to raise awareness & education about this complicated and often misunderstood disease.
Although I don't have endometriosis...I've had my own painful & complicated journey that began in my teens, involved miscarriage and ended with a hysterectomy.
I truly know how difficult it can be to get clear and helpful information about things that can & do go wrong in our bodies. How intense these things can be both physically and emotionally.
How our culture of silence, misunderstanding, and shame surrounds anything having to do with menstruation. How it can cut into our souls and make healing hard to find. I honestly believe this is beginning to transform and I'm so passionate about keeping that going.
These Mandalas will benefit EndoWhat? But in my mind, they are really for anyone struggling with their own "Darkstar" journey. It's so common...that I'm sure you are or you love someone who is going through this kind of pain. I hope you hold them in your heart and come to The Jeweled Warrior between July 7 and August 6th to become part of the Mandala Mala Project.
Love & Light
Siobhan
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Come join me at The Jeweled Warrior on July 7th, 5:30 pm for the opening of Earth + Ether!
It's going to be a beautiful evening with a collaborative exhibit featuring...
✨ Ceramic works by Kristin Bispels of Deedledoo Studio!
✨ Mandalas that I made to benefit EndoWhat?
✨ Plus artworks that have serious ethereal feminine vibes!
THE JEWELED WARRIOR
110 Pottstown Pike
Chester Springs, PA
July 7th - August 6th
Be helpless, dumbfounded,
Unable to say yes or no.
Then a stretcher will come from grace
To gather us up.
We are too dull-eyed to see that beauty
If we say we can, we’re lying.
If we say No, we don’t see it,
That No will behead us
And shut tight our window onto spirit.
So let us rather not be sure of anything,
Besides ourselves, and only that, so
Miraculous beings come running to help.
Crazed, lying in a zero circle, mute,
We shall be saying finally,
With tremendous eloquence, Lead us.
When we have totally surrendered to that beauty,
We shall be a mighty kindness.
RUMI
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