by Russell Maier | Apr 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
150 youth leaders from all over Mountain Province were involved in the co-creation of the Colorful Condoms for Consciousness Mandala. It was a fantastic consciousness raising success during the Youth Summit for Health, Population and the Environment.The creative...
by Russell Maier | Apr 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
This has to be one of the coolest mandalas I’ve co-created so far. The idea was sparked a month ago when my friend Irina made a visit to Sagada. We both lamented the dire lack of sexual consciousness and the dire toll that inexorable over population on the...
by Russell Maier | Apr 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
After a recent visit to the Coloocan river, the youth from MCYPD we’re deeply moved by just how polluted their river has become. The elders shared stories of how fish, turtles and people used to swim and play in the water. The youth felt strongly that one day...
by Russell Maier | Apr 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
The 1Mandala artists recently were at work with the Muslim/Christian youth of Tala– a humble urban community outside of Manila. The youth there, who like the Japanese after the recent Tsunami, lost their homes to Typhoon Ondoy flooding in 2009. The hearts of...
by Russell Maier | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday we presented the lotus flowers at an inter-faith prayer ceremony in front of the Japanese embassy. In a moving moment, one of the youth presented a lotus to the embassy general secretary.