To Inspire, Transform & Heal

Linda Wiggen Kraft
Creativity for the Soul

Mandala Workshop

Joy of Color & Creativity – At Home & Away

Joy of Color & Creativity – At Home & Away “Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment” – Claude Monet.  Color is a constant joy, sometime obsession and seldom torment in my life, but I know how Monet felt this way. Color is my joy and obsession both at home and when away. At […]

The Power of Light – Dragonflies & Summer Solstice

The Power of Light – Dragonflies & Summer Solstice Dragonflies were playful and plentiful during a nature hike that Christine T. had before our evening mandala circle in late May. These beings of iridescent wings symbolize and embody the power of light. Christine’s encounters with them inspired her mandala. Christine’s mandala made with iridescent watercolor […]

Springtime Mandalas – Gardens & Sharing

Springtime Mandalas – Gardens & Sharing Garden Mandalas Spring is the time of nature’s mandalas. The flowers are blooming in mandala madness. Tulips, daffodils, and even earlier flowers  started the show by sharing their colors, circular centers and round shapes.   Mandalas are also seen in flowers that don’t hold an outer circular shape. They […]

Mandalas and Sunflowers for Ukraine

Mandalas and Sunflowers for Ukraine The latest Mandala Circle was in late March. The war in Ukraine was already a month old. The heartbreak felt then and now is deep.  The colors and shapes we created in our art were to recognize the people of Ukraine and honor their strength and sorrow.   Christine’s Mandala […]

The Wonder of Mandala Workshops & Fall

WORKSHOP WONDERS It’s been  over two years since my last in-person Mandalas, Meditation & Journaling workshop. Fortunately a small group of us were able to gather in-person in late October in my home studio. We shared the day creating mandalas, journaling and listening to guided meditations. Mandala by me created during workshop I am both […]

Mandala Sharing – Words, Color & Nature Inspirations

Mandala Sharing – Words, Color & Nature Inspirations A recent Mandala Circle started with a check-in of friends. The mandala gatherings were few and far between due to Covid. We gathered and spoke about our months apart. I then lead a guided meditation and we made art in the music filled quiet room with silent […]

Summer-Time of Mandalas & Flowers-Shared & Grown

Nature’s Mandala Season Flowers have the power to open hearts when they are looked at closely.  Most flower shapes are mandalas created by nature. The circular forms, whether the petals form an enclosed circle or a circle surrounding more open petals, all speak to the complete infinite shape. Summer is the time of year when […]

Creativity Journey #4 – Harvest Moon Mandalas

Creativity Journey – Harvest Moon Mandalas This journey shares mandalas inspired by today’s full moon, the harvest moon.  It also shares mandalas that honor nature and our connections to the beauty and bounty of our Mother Earth. HARVEST MOON AND AUTUMN This time of the year is a time of beauty, abundance, celebration and gratitude. […]

Creativity Journeys #2 – The Fullness of Mandalas

Creativity Journeys – The Fullness of  Mandalas Creativity Journeys are just that, a journey into an inward exploration to the depths and womb of creativity and an outward expression that gives birth to the flow of creation. Each Creativity Journey blog post  is organized into six parts: * The why, or big picture of creativity, […]

Sharing Mandalas – One’s a Tattoo

Sharing Mandalas – One’s a Tattoo I’m so happy I can again share the creativity of others with their mandalas and art. Also I get to share a first. A mandala that was the inspiration for a tattoo. Last fall I got an email from Chanda showing me the tattoo she got that was the […]

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