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| LiDoña Wagner Radiating Flower |
Last month I introduced the making of centering mandalas to find peace in the midst of troubling or anxious times. I showed centering mandalas based on the spiral, a shape that focuses on the cyclical movement of time.
This month's centering mandala is a radiating pattern. We recognize this pattern in flowers whose petals radiate out from a center. It can also be seen in relation to how a tiny seed grows roots that radiate out into the soil. We recognize it when we throw a stone into water and watch ripples flow out from the spot where it hit the water.
Use whatever media with which you are comfortable. I have used Derwent Graphitint and Derwent Inktense pencils and Cretacolor AquaStic Metallic crayons for mandalas shown here. My photographer friend Sandy Brown Jensen generated hers on the computer using her own and free online images.
Radiating Pattern Centering Mandala
Place the materials in front of yourself on a table.
Write the date in the upper righthand corner of blank white paper.
In the upper left corner write, “Beginning this I feel …”
Example: Beginning this I feel anxious about Covid 19 rampaging around the world.
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| LiDoña Wagner Radiating Roots |
Just remain in the center, watching. And then forget that you are there. Lao Tzu
Center yourself. Put both feet on the floor. Close your eyes, slow down your breathing, do a body scan relaxing each body part as you move from head to toes.
Choose a color and draw a circle.
Choose another color and draw a radiating pattern out from the center of the circle.
Fill the whole circle with color.
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| LiDoña Wagner My Beating Heart |
When it feels complete, write at the bottom, “Completing this I feel … ”
If it feels right, share your reflections with a friend.
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| Sandy Brown Jensen Computer Photo Collage Spring Equinox |
4 comments:
So inspiring and action-oriented, LiDona. I love that!
Patterns of contemporary Mandalas: I appreciated seeing your work on creating them, this month and last. Thanks,
Hope is a tough word for me. Recently a friend described hope as a meaningless none action verb. I agree with the idea that we must strive to make a change by taking action rather than hoping for an outcome. Relying on others such as political figures, celebrities, managers, etc to achieve this can delay a possible outcome in our favor. I do also believe that having hope is not harmful if it is paired with action. We must also remember that taking action in any scale is important and worth it. Even if we believe we won't make much of a change, we will! You, LiDona, have an amazing quote displayed in your home by Ghandi that states, “Everything you do in life will be insignificant, but it's very important that you do it anyway". I love this quote!
Thank you for the creative activity!
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