This mandala is a kind of inversion of the previous one – even to the extent of “breaking the rules” and creating it from the edge inwards instead of from the centre outwards. There is still a Celtic knot as a foundation but the trees are reaching for the centre instead of stretching out. For this one, I tried for the first time to divide the circle into a number other than eight. The twelve divisions give a very different feel – there are connotations such as clocks or rose windows… I expect this mandala to be quite transformed by the addition of colour and will post again once the painting layer is done.
Tom had a preview of this one and has already produced this potent poem to accompany it – Thank you! 🙂
Reaching upward toward the changeless Sky
filled with swallows turning as they fly
Deeply rooted in the fertile Earth
entangled moments giving joyous birth
To connection: linked embodied minds
souls well met, butterflies in kind
Thrusting inward to the source of all
bending outward, answering the call
Of root and branch and leaf to grow and thrive
a flower blossom opening, alive!
image (c) 2016 Hilary Farmer
poem (c) 2016 Tom Radcliffe
Green Tea Doodles 
This one makes me feel like I am slowly growing out of the ground. How long until I am as tall as those other trees?
Growth is slow in the forest! Trees are on a whole different time scale – but growth is good! 🙂