The Prevention and Healthy Living program at Maine/General Hospital in Augusta, Maine sponsored a Healing Glass Mandalas class on April 23rd, 2022. The participants created sacred,breath~giving images as reflections of transformation, love & hope. It was an intergenerational gathering of truly amazing people who created meditations in glass!!!
Bowing to light
in cardinal’s eye
wounds heal
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey 2022
The Creative Painting class with the AMAZINGLY INNOVATIVE Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residents expressed the miracles of color & joyous camaraderie!!!! The small group paintings were created on 48"x60" canvases inspired by Jackson Pollock's splatter or drip painting techniques. Jackson Pollock was an Amercan painter who lived from 1912-1956 and made a significant contribution to the abstract expressionist movement with his drip technique.
The theme of the first group painting was flow. The second group painting has a celestial/spiritual theme. In the third group painting the residents allowed a theme to organically emerge, which has a springy, whimsical feel. The theme of the fourth group painting was light emerging from dark. I was truly moved and deeply honored to witness the unfoldment of their great spirits in color!!!!
The glorious individual, mixed media paintings follow on various surfaces including oval canvases, practice panels and specialized paper for alcohol paints, which were most kindly donated by Dr. Megan Barker. What a marvelous festival of color and creativity!!!
Green Heron
Beyond appearances
Shafts of light
Lime green wisdom
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021
Deer
Her face a sanctuary
Innocent
We begin again
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021
The awe~inspiring 11 Healing Glass Mandalas were created by the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Resident Doctors as part of their Wellness Program. The class included glass painting as well as fusing glass and the residents all made phenomenal pieces each with a uniquely wonderful voice!
Goslings
Softness your meditation
Belonging in your black eyes
Room for all emotions
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2021
Emotions Splash
up against the walls
of our hearts
You answer with an arc
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021
The Jester
The archetype
of a jester
running into flight,
A white Mandala
for an eye,
& an orange beak for humor.
PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2020
Knowing
Leopard wings opening
and closing
Knowing
there is no end
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021
Herons, Lupines & Thyme
Herons, lupines & thyme
Mystical journeys
Each in its own time
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021
Unscrolling Beauty
Unscrolling Beauty
Nothingness
Everything
PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021