{"id":76,"date":"2009-06-05T22:52:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T22:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flowermandalas\/2009\/06\/stone-mandala-i.html"},"modified":"2009-06-05T22:52:07","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T22:52:07","slug":"stone-mandala-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flowermandalas\/2009\/06\/stone-mandala-i.html","title":{"rendered":"Stone Mandala I"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stone<\/span>
\nStone Mandala I<\/strong>
\nBefore I happened on my first flower mandala, I experimented with “mandala-izing” images of stones and the sky. I still rotate these images as my desktop wallpaper, and today this one, which I had not looked at for several years, popped up, and I realized it still had a kind of magic for me. I hope it does for you, as well.
\nMore anon,
\nDavid
\nDiscussion:<\/strong>
\nArt, Healing, and Transformation group<\/A>
\nFlower Mandalas Project group<\/A>
\nCultivating Creativity group<\/a>
\nRequest the 15 Flower Mandalas screensaver<\/strong>: Fifteen Flower Mandalas<\/a>
\n\u00a9 2009, David J. Bookbinder<\/em>
\ndavidbookbinder.com<\/A><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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