Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Pregnant Belly Painting Art

Nothing is more beautiful than a big, pregnant belly. Sure, it's not so easy to get around -- but why not have some fun while you're waiting for the big day?

Whether it's for Halloween or Easter -- or just for fun -- belly painting is catching on! Here's how you can do it, and a collection of cool ideas for this way to make a unique memory of your pregnancy.

Belly painting and henna "tattooing" is an artsy new way to celebrate a pregnancy and energize the unborn child. Here is an interesting collection.














Cute! :)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Beautiful Buddhist Sand Art

Tibetan Buddhist sand paintings are usually made of mandalas. In Tibetan, it is called dul-tson-kyil-khor ("mandala of colored powders").



The sand is carefully placed on a large, flat table. The construction process takes several days, and the mandala is destroyed shortly after its completion. This is done as a teaching tool and metaphor for the 'impermanence' (Pali: anicca) of all contingent and compounded phenomena (Sanskrit: Prati-tya-samutpa-da).

The mandala sand painting process begins with an opening ceremony, during which the lamas, or Tibetan priests, consecrate the site and call forth the forces of goodness. This is done by means of chanting, intention, mudra, asana, pranayama, visualisation, music and mantra recitation, etc.












On the first day, the lamas begin by drawing an outline of the mandala to be painted on a wooden platform. The following days see the laying of the colored sands, which is effected by pouring the sand from traditional metal funnels called chak-pur. Each monk holds a chak-pur in one hand, while running a metal rod on its serrated surface; the vibration causes the sands to flow like liquid.

Formed of a traditional prescribed iconography that includes geometric shapes and a multitude of ancient spiritual symbols (e.g.: Ashtamangala and divine attributes of yidam), seed syllables, mantra, the sand-painted mandala is used as a tool or instrument for innumerable purposes, amongst which re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants is elementary.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Photos Of The Bedrooms In German Brothels

Here are some interesting photos of Brothels rooms in Germany...


Fondness for manga poster: Even if the sex workers can not see, their efforts to reach a personal atmosphere in the hygienic establishments are clearly...