{"id":83,"date":"2015-04-07T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunnymarlene.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2015-04-07T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:48:09","slug":"a-gathering-of-intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marleneyuzak.com\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"A Gathering of Intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After three months, I\u2019ve almost finished the prayer blanket. Like a lot of projects, this turned out to be a bigger thing than I imagined at the start. There are about 1,500 little squares that make up the blanket, each of which is like its own mini painting. But it\u2019s been a soothing and uplifting task to work on \u2014 gathering names and having conversations with people, painting, cutting, stitching and making intentions. Along the way, I\u2019ve realized that people have a profound yearning for prayer, meditation, just sending what we used to call good vibes. <\/span><\/p>\n


Also along the way, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has gotten into the mix. I keep up with his website (yes, he has one!) and began devoting some squares in the blanket to his words of wisdom. His squares are done in gold \u2014 of course!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to be celebrating the completion at the end of the month with an exhibition of the blanket and some other recent works. It will be called A Gathering of Intentions, details to be announced. In the meantime, I want to thank everyone who has participated so far \u2014 thanks from my whole heart! There are still a few squares left and some work to do, so if you have names of loved ones to add, feel free to send them to me. 
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   After three months, I\u2019ve almost finished the prayer blanket. Like a lot of projects, this turned out to be a bigger thing than I imagined at the start. There are about 1,500 little squares that make up the blanket, each of which is like its own mini painting. But it\u2019s been a soothing and … <\/p>\n

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