Weekend Design & Wellness Project
START A PUZZLE
Working on a puzzle is a great way to practice patience. Take your time to study the details of the image and then categorize the pieces by their tonal values to get started. Getting familiarized with the image and pieces may reduce any pre-puzzling overwhelm. Haa, the last thing you need is stress for an exercise about practicing patience. Enjoy!
Photo by: Nathalia Segato @nathsegato
Crystals for Patience
Emerald Photo by: Jens Johnson @jens_johnson
Emerald signifies infinite patience and is connected to the Heart. Emeralds are great to wear when healing a bruised or broken heart.
Amber is know to balance or stabilize emotions and create patience. Amber is aligned with trusting in the process.
Petrified Wood Photo by: tina natalini
Petrified wood is fossilized wood with smooth finish and a wide range of interesting line formations and pattern. Petrified wood takes centuries to create so it properly represents patience and steady growth.
Nature By Design
BOTANICAL GARDENS
Nature and all of its magical glory simply exists evolving, forming and flowing over time. People mimic and manipulate nature to control a specific environment. There is a balance between allowing nature do its thing and manicuring it to create visual art for human interaction.
Pagodas are commonly found in botanical gardens around the world. Chinese and Japanese padogas differ from those of Thailand, Laos Cambodia and Myanmar which reflect Dravidian architecture originating in south India. Vastu shastra, meaning “science of architecture," is the traditional system of architecture consisting of design, layout, space planning, ground preparation and spatial geometry. Pagodas traditionally have an odd number of floors with very few exceptions.
Enjoy these Pagodas from my past botanical garden visits.
“All We Need Is Just A Little Patience” - Axl Rose
Photo by: Kloud Walker @callmekloud
Patience can be cultivated through a meditation and mindfulness practice. Patience with yourself is important especially when you’re in the midst of bringing a goal to life. It is easy to become anxious and doubtful when goals take longer than expected. Negative thoughts can creep in right about now and can halt further action. Giving up is the exact opposite of what should be done in order to move through this rough patch. Consistency is what will bring a goal to life. This is keep on keepin’ on time. It’s just about to get good, so don’t stop now.
Here is a meditation for patience from The Mindful Movement inspired by “The Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu
Patience with Design
Photo by: tina natalini
Designing anything takes patience, but how about 136 years until completion? Construction of Sagrada Família by architect, Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) began in March 1882 and is set to be completed by 2026. There are many more decorative works of art to be finished by 2030 or 2032. Despite many setbacks over the years prolonging the completion of Barcelona’s minor basilica, progress has slowly forged ahead.
Antoni Gaudí’s style is a collaboration of elements from various art periods including; Art Nouveau, Catalan Modernism, Spanish Late Gothic. This imaginative blending of styles of the ages has turned Gaudí’s name into a cliché to describe ornate or overly busy decor or patterns. “That’s so Gaudí,” is a phrase most people have heard many times, although mispronouncing his name.
Imagine creating a work of anything that would most likely not be completed until many years after you’re gone with generations of people continuing to bring your vision to life. Sagrada Família has been coming to life with advancing technologies as the decades pass. Donations are in the multi-millions to fund the progress of the remaining structures and decorative elements.
Seeing this indescribable work of architecture in person has left an indelible imprint on my little designer soul. I look forward to visiting again.
Learn more about Sagrada Famíia and Antoni Gaudí