Vijali
Vijali, a visionary multimedia artist,
sculptor, poet, and musician is the originator of Earth Mandala.
This work, a global peace project, combines sculptures in living
rock and community ritual-based theater. Her work includes education,
art, spirituality, peace activism, and focuses attention on the
resolution of environmental, spiritual, and social problems. Earth
Mandala is an artistic forum for global understanding. It activates
awareness of our interconnection with all life.
Previously Vijali spent ten years as a monastic member of the
Vedanta convent. She received her master's degree in fine arts
from Goddard University. More than 1,000 of her art works are
in private and public collections. Vijali lectures extensively
and has given retreats for many years in the creative process
of moving from the introspection of meditation and journal writing
into art forms. Her work and life have been represented in the
books; Once and Future Goddess by Elinor Gadon, Reweaving
the World and The Reflowering of the Goddess by Gloria Orenstein,
The Feminine Face of God by Sherry Anderson and Patricia
Hopkins, The Box by the Terma Foundation and Sculpting with
the Environment by Baile Oakes, Skydancer
Earthwalker, Women's Pilgrimages to Sacred Places ed. by Laila Castle, On Turning 60 by
Cathleen Roundtree and Goddess by Jalaja Bonheim.
Yelapa,
Mexico..
She Who Opens the Doors of the
Earth
(with Vijali)
Shoto Tedrom, Tibet..
