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From ancient through contemporary cultural, spiritual and secular traditions
mandalas, or circular art forms incorporating geometric patterns, cultural
and deity representations, and other energetic imagery, have been used for
aesthetic, decorative and instructional purposes. Beyond the more mundane
functions, mandalas also serve more esoteric purposes, being visual
depictions, or maps of inner realms. Often these mandalas are used as a
meditative preparation or focus with the intent of invoking a specific state
of consciousness and/or insight. Bonk has said: "As a consciousness
explorer, meditator and artist, these images have held a special interest
for me. In my art making process, I seek to create images that document and
stimulate specific states of consciousness."
Bonk's current spiritual-art explorations have generated the MandalArt
Healing Image process. As part of this technique an "informational snapshot"
is taken of a person, object, place or event. Original sources may be as
varied as a sound or voice recording, writing sample, biofeedback file,
e-mail, computer file, text or photo, which is then transformed into raw
data in the computer, then run through a series of art filters. The
resultant image is a unique aesthetic representation of the "parent". This
image can be "tweaked", i.e., altering colors, forms, etc., to generate an
energetic reaction or specific state of consciousness in its viewer,
by-passing the inner cognitive judge to appeal more directly to intuitive
aspects of self. In turn this process can encourage transformative insight
and stimulate personal healing.
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