For the New Year

Wishing you and yours a safe and peaceful New Year!

 

 

Peace to All...

For this peace themed prayer flag, we revisit Judy Warner's beautiful contribution to the 3rd Bhavana Project set in May 2012.   Her words read "Peace to all who enter here" embellished by the Celtic knot work design.

Bhavana Project flags, New York state 2012

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This is the third set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!

Peace From Maui

Sharing peace with Lahar Goldberg's flag from May 2009.  Lahar: "sometimes we come from another direction than someone else, but we discover that we have a common purpose so we can mingle peacefully and support a common vision, even if we come from a different point of view. Thanks so much for awakening the creative process in me with cloth, thread and color." 

If you are just joining us, this set of prayer flags began in 2009 under the theme "Reflections on Peace".  It is the third set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!

Imagine Peace

Sharing some peace through prayer flags.  Here is  "Imagine Peace" by Jeannie Matthewson in October 2008.  Her flag completed the second set of the project.

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This is the second set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  New participants are always welcome!

Peace Simply Stated

I would like to share some peace... with that in mind we will revisit various flags from the Bhavana Project.  We begin with Debby Everett's flag from December 2006.  Taking the flags along on her travels, Debby photographed the flags displayed in numerous locations in Thailand, including "spirit houses".

Spirit House, Thailand 2006

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This is the second set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  New participants are always welcome!

Integration

Zabriskie Point, CA 2006

We are revisiting the first set of flags.  Here we come to the last addition to the group, with the piece by Sharon Kagan and Karen Michaels from November 2006.  As you may remember, the idea for this project grew out of a creativity workshop with Sharon.  Among inked lines of knitting are these words of inspiration: Yes, integration, peace, sanctuary, vitality, quiet, faith, death, rebirth, glow, and more.

Sharon said, "The journey with the flags was incredible...  I chose to use my “knitting” motif as a symbol of the unity of all things.  The writing began with the word “YES”.  And then we wrote all the things we were saying yes to.  It became a conversation with the flags…"

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This set of twelve prayer flags began in July 2005.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  It is the initial set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!

Butterflies

We are again revisiting the first set of prayer flags.  Here is Helene Zimmerman's lovely contribution, shown on display at a friend's wedding.

The wording reads: "Remember what it's like to walk among the butterflies."

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This set of twelve prayer flags began in July 2005.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  It is the initial set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!

Family Fun

We are revisiting the first set of flags.  Here is Gina Gambill's May 2006 addition, which was a collaboration with her family.  All the family names are written on the back in crossword puzzle style.

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This set of twelve prayer flags began in July 2005.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  It is the initial set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!

Familiarity

We are revisiting the first set of flags.  Here is artist Mary Cochran's beautifully appliqued addition from May 2006.  The quote from E. Dendel on the back side reads:  "Familiarity often blinds us to the marvels of the commonplace."

Mary said, "Looking back I am in awe of the things it has triggered and brought to my attention. I am still almost daily being shown how deeply rooted a very important influence in my life has been."

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This set of twelve prayer flags began in July 2005.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  It is the initial set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!

Wholeness

As we again revisit the first set of flags, here is Virginia Wise Abrams' collaboration from March 2006.  She was influenced by Native American button blankets, given as remembrance at a death among certain tribes.  Her thread color choices represented the energy chakras.  Buttons and chakras symbolize wholeness.

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This set of twelve prayer flags began in July 2005.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  It is the initial set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!

Play

More from the first set of prayer flags with Sara Cloud's addition from December 2005.  Sara chose Play for her flag, embellished with ink and beads.  Sara so enjoyed the process that she participated in later sets as well.

Here is a bit of history if you are just joining us.  This set of twelve prayer flags began in July 2005.  Each participant chose a personal theme for their flag.  It is the initial set created for the Bhavana Project, which is an ongoing community art work intending to share wishes and aspirations with the wider world.  New participants are always welcome!