We ended the week by making mandalas, which Philosopher Nick explained were representations of the universe. According to proper mandala making, and destroying, we then destroying our mandalas, completing the cycle of creation and destruction that is also the point of the activity. We considered the difference between making art at the beginning of the week, which ends in a finished product, and the ritual of making and destroying a mandala. It seemed to us that art was not the end now, but the means of a philosophical understanding of our world.
Holden's mandala was fittingly destroyed by the wind!
June was the first to complete her mandala ritual by ritually pouring the sand back into the earth.
The image of the mandala as it slid away was as beautiful as the mandala itself.
Eden was next. When she decomposed her mandala it seemed to catch fire!
We documented Hannah's entire process:
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