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Sue Schneider - Reader's Gallery Coordinator, Scrapping Design Team 03/01/2004INDIA
Get away and discover muse in our Gallery as well as the ezine. We will share our designs with you and hope that you will share yours with us. Whether you are a first-time cruiser or a veteran sailor, the Gallery is your ultimate guide to sharing and inspiration. Just like a lighthouse guides ships through the fog, it is our hope that the ideas shared here will entice your senses and trigger the creative power within you.
Each month, we will pick a theme. For March, our port is India. We provide a theme to challenge you and our designers and provide you with more adventures for creativity. Please send all gallery submissions to editor@ssreflections.com -- we prefer to stick to the theme of the month, but will consider any artwork! The gallery is changed twice a month.
Next month we are going to Egypt. Think Pyramids, sanskrit, treasures, camels, Arabs, history, pharaohs, palm trees, Egyptian beetles, Kings burial grounds, hieroglyphics, Nile, crocks, fruit, snakes, cats, bats, food.
Some Facts about India - to get you in the "mood":
http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Shrine/4287/textiles.htm
National Fruit - Mango
National Flower - Lotus
National Bird - Peacock
National Animal - Tiger
National Flag
The Indian flag was designed as a symbol of freedom. The late Prime Minister Nehru called it a flag not only of freedom for individuals, but a symbol of freedom to all people.
The flag is a horizontal tri-color in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation; the white, for purity and truth; the green for faith and fertility.
Women in India are traditionally clad in saris which are a skirt worn draped over one shoulder. The sari in each region differs in texture, style, color, workmanship and its mode of being draped. This gives a woman a distinctive identity, representing the community she belongs to. The sari is as old as India itself.
The evolution of Indian handicrafts can be traced to three principal sources - the royal courts, religious and folk art. The kings of the princely states patronized some of the country's greatest art traditions. Religious sources include the brass lamps used in Hindu temples, and in most households. Folk art and objects of everyday use that range from pots to embroidered leather indicate India's ongoing traditions of crafts.
An interesting quote - pertaining to yoga and meditation:
Since the desire to live is eternal, impressions are also beginningless. The impressions being held together by cause, effect, basis and support, they disappear with the disappearance of these four.
-Kaivalya Pada: Sutra 11-12.
Namaste
-- The Sanskrit word for -- I bow to the divine in you.
Revel in your creative spirit,
Sue Schneider
sueschneider@ssreflections.com
Scrapping Design Team
Reader's Gallery Coordinator
S.S. Reflections, Inc.
Amy Clark |
Wendy Pettifer |
Anna Keohan |
Aparna Goswami |
Barb Kipper  |
Catrina Kohl  |
Clara Hulsey  |
Debbie Rouse  |
Donna Kidd  |
Holly Hooven  |
Jackie Mooney  |
Jackie Siperko  |
Janis Graham  |
Julie Alexander  |
Kim Kaiser  |
Laura Richards  |
Lisa Munoz  |
Marina Dintins  |
Maureen Hartson  |
Mindy Tobias  |
Purnima Girouard  |
Rosie Waldt  |
Sally Dunca  |
Sandra Mathis  |
Sarah Moore  |
Susan Schuster  |
Tracy Degon  |
Wendi Micklich  |