Millburn Students Create Mandala For Cora Hartshorn Arboretum

MILLBURN, NJ — Students at Millburn Middle School recently used their creative powers to construct a mandala out of flowers and natural materials for the Cora Hartshorn Arboretum.

According to a district social media post, the MMS S.O.A.R. peer leaders worked under the guidance of art teacher Claudia Sohr to create their mandala.

What’s a mandala? According to mandalaproject.org:

“The word mandala is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean "circle," a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself -- a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds.”

Watch a video of the creative process below. Don’t forget to visit the Patch Millburn-Short Hills Facebook page here.

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Photo: YouTube / Kirk Sohr