Now is the time for prayer flags

Anita Palsgrove shares her powerful, yet intimate collections of prayer flags.

 

May you be well, may you be happy

Gaia writes 
"My prayer specially goes out to an elderly lady known to my family who has been missing for last couple of months. May she hear our prayers and find her way home soon.

l hand stitched this flag by using some naturally dyed fabric at home. I have appliqued couple leaves of the 'peepal/bo tree' which is scared to Buddhists."

prayers for Andy

Juliet Ayer  writes "This is the latest Prayer Flag for my friend Andy for precious, vibrant, health. He's awaiting the results of a scan he had last week which he is very worried about, as he fears that it may be the return of his non-Hodgkins lymphoma."

Feliz Dia de Los Muertos

Feliz Dia de Los Muertos from Diane Williams

Believe

Margarita Korioth reminds us to believe......

from Alaska

Michele Bilyeu  sends these images and writes "During a time of intense personal challenges where I have often asked for shared prayers, and well wishes for members of my immediate family, the designing of prayer flags has been a natural progression of my fiber art.  I am always in prayer, and endlessly creating prayers flags from the simplest of fabric strips that I hang from trees or my prayer arch outside, to genuine Buddhist prayer flags specially delivered from the city of Mungpoo in the Darjeeling District of the Himalayan mountains from a dear Buddhist Himalayan blogging friend, to these special art flags that I created for Oceanside Museum of Art. 

I have followed this Prayer Flag Project blog for a very long time, and have loved all of the beautiful flags that everyone has created. So, it was a a delight to extend my thoughts, my prayers, and the making of my own flags to a greater, and deeper meaning as I created my prayer flags for submission to the Oceanside Museum of Arts Prayer Flag Project and their project submission, now to be included as part of this group!

My flags were made on my own painted fabric with raw edge applique, beads and inkjet printing. They include quotations from well known sources on their fronts, and my own prayer flag blessings (in poetic form) on each of the backs of the flags to tie them into my themes.  

Knowing that my three prayer flags are flying high with so many beautiful creations,in California,  I know that so much goodness and intent is being manifested during all of our personally challenging times and the current challenges of Hurricane/Super Storm Sandy on the East Coast.  We are all combining our energies of manifestation, and healing from East to West, and West to East and the thoughts and prayers of so many only intensify with the height, the depth, and the breadth that all of these external energies of rain, wind, and storm!"

Snug, cozy and energetic

Snug and Cozy

Energy

Gillian Callaghan sends these images to us

for Marina

Ellen Wery writes:  I have made some prayer flags to honor a dear friend's sister in her fight against breast cancer.  Hopefully they will bring her hope and encouragement in the coming days.  

Get Well Flags

Moira  Hill sends this update: "Here are all the flags together - I've sent them to my friend, and they're now hanging in his hospital room -  he's had the bone marrow transplant and doing well! He will be in the hospital for a few more days and then will need 3 months of follow-up care. 

I left room on the last flag ("May I be happy") for people to write on it what makes them happy. He says that everyone who sees the flags is cheered by them." 

Prayer Flag Exhibition

Jane LaFazio here. thanks to those who posted pics of the Oceanside Museum of Art exhibition  I thought you'd like to see the signage too with special mention of our Vivika Hansen DeNegre.

More from the OMA Exhibit

Linda here, thought I would share more photos from the Prayer Flag Project exhibit at OMA from yesterday's visit.  Hope you get a chance to see it!

photos from the OMA exhibit

Ileen here...for those of you that sent prayer flags to the Oceanside Museum of Art, here are a few photos of the reception and opening of the Prayer Flag Project and Quilt National. 

Flags for OMA's exhibit

Two more prayer flags by Jamie Fingal for the exhibit at the Oceanside Museum of Art 'Courage for the Journey'

'Remember Who You Are'

finding happiness

Jeanelle McCall writes "Just finished some prayer flags that will be on the way to the Museum of East Texas. Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags do not carry prayers to gods, a common misconception; rather, the prayers, wishes and good thoughts are blown by the wind, spreading good will and compassion far and wide.

All beings that are touched by the wind are uplifted and a little happier. The silent prayers are blessings spoken on the breath of nature. Just as a drop of water can permeate the ocean, prayers dissolved in the wind extend to fill all of space.May all beings everywhere
receive benefit and find happiness."

Joy!

H. Marie Murphy joins us with a flag for Joy! It will hang at the Oceanside Museum of Art.