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Re: Mandalas

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From: Maggie White (mwhiteaz_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 15:27:35 PST

JudyandharryS@aol.com wrote:

> Two girls came and
> told me they couldn't do this assignment because it is against their
> religion. when I looked puzzled, they said, We are Christian, (me too) and
> we can't look at this stuff"--they specifically npoted an illustration of the
> yin yang.

I can usually work around these sorts of strict beliefs by finding
similar examples in religious art--in your example, use examples of rose
windows from cathedrals as a form of mandala. You can also change your
terminology by calling it a "radial design" rather than using the word
mandala (is that Sanskrit?).

Maggie 

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