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What a journey! A dream twenty years ago to paint a huge mandala mural just came true with the help of a colorful community in the Arizona desert...

Terra Sante means "Sacred Earth." We are painting on the community water well. It sustains many people here, and art is a beautiful way to honor all of Creator's gifts...

The mural saw lots of activity today with painters and visitors from Sacred Earth and Terrasante. There's a special thing that happens when you gaze at an all-encompassing mandala mural...

It's the first day of Spring and the Terrasante Community Nature Mandala Mural is coming alive! The schedule called for four painting sessions with today as the completion date. In the desert...

It's painting day three. While Ema painted a vibrant sunset background, Cary added beautiful blue crystals to his agave petal. I'm struggling with concerns that...

Today is the second painting session of four. One thing you can count on in the desert is the coyotes nightly ritual of dance and song. Thanks to Rocky for...

Participants began planning designs and painting mandala petals on the mural. The energy is awesome and the community wants in on the action...

Nothing like a looming deadline to get things moving! With the first mandala painting session happening tomorrow, we had a lot to accomplish today....

It's hot under the Arizona sun. A canopy is built for shade and the grounds are beautified and readied for the upcoming painting session...

It's a full moon and today, we plotted the center circle, axis points and outer ring of the Terrasante (non-profit) Nature Mandala Mural in Arizona. Kinda looks like a moon, don't ya think?