| One of the coolest displays of art that I have | | | | where I saw my first henna design, and I must |
| seen was henna design - no, really. It was a really | | | | say it was quite impressive. |
| cool nature design and was utilized in the form of | | | | I happened to notice the henna design as I was |
| giving a tattoo. Tattooing is simply using what | | | | walking around the fair trying to capture the color |
| nature has to offer and using it as a form of | | | | of all that I saw. I saw two women sitting on the |
| expression on the human body. In many cases | | | | on ground and were totally engrossed in their |
| the natural ingredient is ink. But there is something | | | | task. When I moved closer, I saw that it was a |
| so quaint and ethereal about henna design that I | | | | henna artist and that she was applying one of the |
| find it to be simply breathtaking. | | | | finest henna designs I have ever witnessed. |
| The first time I had the opportunity to see henna | | | | I just kind of stood there in a daze admiring her |
| design in action was during my trip to Rajasthan, | | | | work in launching a much joy she spread by |
| India. It was quite an exotic odyssey. The state is | | | | artfully sketching her henna designs on people's |
| located in the desert and is known for its large | | | | hands. It was a very simple operation and there |
| community fairs. It is a central meeting point | | | | were not a lot of implements require for her to |
| where people from the neighboring villages gather | | | | create her art. Just a tube of henna and her |
| to celebrate and they can last anywhere from a | | | | active imagination. She had a book of designs that |
| few days to a few weeks. The longer the | | | | the customers can browse through to choose |
| duration, the bigger the fair. And the bigger the | | | | one they wanted. And she would set to work to |
| fair, the more mammoth the attendance. | | | | draw the design in all its glory on their hands. |
| I was there for the Fall fair. It was a four-day | | | | That's all that I needed to give me hooked on the |
| event and the energy there was absolutely | | | | art of henna designs. Now I'm actually compiling a |
| astounding. The people were simple and their | | | | book of henna designs. Guess who is going to be |
| wants simpler. The colors and spirit found there | | | | on the cover? My henna design muse of course! |
| were something that never before even | | | | She is the perfect choice and I'm thrilled to include |
| remotely have come before these eyes. This is | | | | her. |