Hamsa—Protection for Your Journey

We Are the Weavers

We Are the Weavers, by Aspen Moon, October 2011. Acrylic on Canvas, 24” x 30" (Private Collection).

Three New Works Emerging

Hey art enthusiasts!

I wanted to post an update about what I’ve been doing.  While there hasn’t been a lot to talk about, I’ve been in the studio day after day.  I’m finding it takes a long time to make a painting!!  In fact, I’m averaging a couple months for each. …

Improptu Showing

I got a chance to hang five pieces at an event last weekend.  It was the first time I’ve shown Sri Yantra, and I got a lot of good responses about it.  One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about putting my art up for people to see is that they get into it.…

Shaping of the Sri Yantra

There are a lot of technical challenges around creating a perfect Sri Yantra form.  Just getting Nine triangles to line up tip to end is a challenge in and of itself, but then add the problem of creating a maximum number of possible intersections (which is 43 in case you hadn’t figured that out yet…) where no two triangles touch side to side (tips together or tip to side only) and that no more than three triangles can touch at any particular tip…   You’re starting to get the idea.…

Sri Yantra Explored

The Sri Yantra (aka Shree Yantra, Shri Yantra, Sri Chakra) is an ancient Hindu Vedic symbol, often regarded as sacred. Translated, it means “holy tool,” or “holy instrument,” and it can also mean “instrument of wealth.”  The four upward triangles symbolize Shiva, the divine masculine, and projective forces, and the five downward triangles represent Shakti, the divine feminine, and receptive forces. …