moonlit grove mandala
All colours are on the blue side of the spectrum to give the feeling of a moonlit evening.
As with other tree mandalas I have done, the trees are interconnected with a pattern of Celtic knots and an eye motif is integrated into the design which speaks to a kind of awareness. I started thinking about trees this way last year after reading the book “The Hidden Life of Trees” by Peter Wohlleben.
quadrant – with rabbit
And here’s a brand new poem from Tom responding to the painted version of this mandala …words that enhance and fulfill the image.
Trees might speak in cold moonlight
rumours swirling through the leaves
contemplating wrong and right
dreaming of a day to seize.
Crescent moon by Earthlight fulled
rules the zenith, riding high.
Apples weighted by the pull
toward the centre. Whispers, sighs
pass from bough to branch to root
down to where the Earth abides.
Watchful rabbit, owl’s hoot
safely distant on the tide
of silver shining in the night
turning darkness fair and bright.
image (c) 2017 Hilary Farmer
poem (c) TJ Radcliffe
