by Russell Maier | Jan 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
The anchor is up! My boat is out of the comfortable harbour and into the uncharted seas.I write this on the plane cruising at 35,000 ft to London. I am listening to the same music that I listened to when I set out from Smithers on my bike an epoque ago.Flying in a...
by Russell Maier | Jan 26, 2010 | - Mandalas, movie
Here’s a little video on the making of the community mandala with my Church here in Ottawa. The Church choir did the soundtrack with the kids. If you’re reading this on Facebook here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSLfSZKk-s4This project with...
by Russell Maier | Jan 23, 2010 | simple series
This little painting was made on a cigar box over the last month here in Ottawa. I have been apart from my lover and her from I. She has been on my heart, just as I have been on hers. And on both our minds have been on our dream. It is balanced and united in such a...
by Russell Maier | Jan 21, 2010 | - Mandalas
Yesterday, I joined the reverend of my Church here in Ottawa, to lead a mandala workshop at a woman’s shelter downtown. We both didn’t quite know what to expect. The shelter had recently burned down and the women were staying in a secondary building...
by Russell Maier | Jan 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Alright! I am really proud to share this one. Here is the final version of the mandala that I have been working on with my old family Church here in Ottawa. We’ve been working on it together for the last month and a half.Its a co-creation with everybody in my...