Good morning friends
Thank you friends for your interest in my Mandalas and your response to my question about yesterday’s Mandala. Though I received many responses, only two people got it right !
And the answer is: yesterday’s Mandala was a virtual or a digital Mandala, drawn on an iPad with its special pencil. I don’t have a physical copy of this Mandala, only soft copies. 
As I mentioned yesterday, I am quite set in my ways most of the times, so I was not very enthusiastic about trying out this new technique. But now that I have tried it, I will use it occasionally, especially when I can’t carry my sketchbook and pens around. Having said that, I still prefer drawing with real paper with real pens because of the sheer pleasure I get in the process. The same thing applies for books. I know that many good books are available online/ on kindle etc, but the pleasure I get in holding the physical copy of a book in my hand is incomparable. A digital copy cannot match this by any stretch of imagination.
So, though I have drawn today’s Mandala also digitally ( and I think it is better than yesterday’s! ), I don’t think I will continue to use this technique on a regular basis.
The only reason I tried this new method is because these days ( especially since I have joined the senior citizens’ club ) I don’t miss out on any opportunities to try to learn something new. And that’s why, I will use this technique until I have learnt all the new skills with the iPad.
Scientific research has shown that new learning is invaluable for the prevention of Alzheimer’s. These days, we are finding that the incidence of Alzheimer’s is increasing rapidly; so it’s best to start preventive measures as early as possible, maybe in your fifties.
More about this some other time ….
Wishing that you get many opportunities to learn new skills in this new year,
Love,
Anjali
