Richard Bonk

My current spiritual-art explorations have generated the MandalArt Healing Image process. As part of this tech- nique an “informational snapshot” is taken of a person or object. Original sources may be as varied as a sound or voice recording, writing sample, biofeedback or medical file, email, computer file, text, drawing or photo, which is then transformed into raw data in the computer, then run through a series of art filters, or layered until an archetypal pattern emerges. The resultant image is a unique aesthetic representation of the “parent.” This im- age can be “tweaked,” i.e., altering colors, forms, etc., to generate an energetic reaction or specific state of con- sciousness in its viewer, by-passing the inner cognitive judge to appeal more directly to intuitive aspects of self. In turn this process can encourage transformative insight and stimulate personal healing.