So, yesterday I went to the Green Apple Music Festival at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. As my group was searching for the rest of our friends, we came upon another amazing floral display on the ground. I found out that these compositions are called mandalas. They are used extensively during prayer and meditation rituals in Hindu and many branches of Buddhist religions. Traditionally, they are made from sand or painted intricately on wood, but in honor of Earth Day, which is tomorrow, the group in charge of this mandala used many elements including flowers, rocks, marbles, sticks, and recycled glass bottles to compose this beautiful piece. The coolest part was that festival-goers could choose flowers from a huge assortment and incorporate their own designs into the mandala. Men, women, and children of all ages were placing their elements among the existing parts to create this ridiculously communal masterpiece. I apologize for the picture, we only had a Polaroid camera with us, so we were trying to conserve film for the remainder of our day, but you get the idea.
