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The Mandala

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Michele

For this exercise you will need drawing paper, colored pencils, pens, crayons, water-based paint and brushes. If you decide to collage your Mandala, you will need glue, scissors, magazines, and personal photographs according to your design and goal. The form of the Mandala is a circle. You will need a compass or a dinner plate.

Draw the circle on the page. Within this circle you will have four cardinal points. These may symbolize anything pertinent to the topic of your Mandala. On traditional Mandala’s, these points represent the four directions, seasons or elements.

The essential point, however, is the center. The center is the area around which the rest of the Mandala revolves. Think of a symbol or an image that could represent you in the way you relate to others. For example, a chameleon changes color in order to protect itself by blending into the surroundings, or a heart would be a symbol that represents a loving person. Your symbol goes in the middle of your Mandala.

Now think of your four elements that will revolve around your center. This could be four different elements or one element drawn for times. Decide how you would like these four elements to revolve around the center. You could draw for smaller circles and contain each element in one or you may prefer to work with triangular shapes and other symbols. A Mandala is a good way to learn to develop images as symbols and metaphors, and to get to know yourself. If you feel you cannot draw your images, then do the Mandala as a collage or incorporate collage images in with your drawing. You might want to you expand the circle by putting a border around it or by writing some reflections around the outside.

To find out more about Joanie, visit https://michelebergh.com/your-inspiration-hosts/.

June 22, 2011 Filed Under: Life 3 Comments

About Michele

Michele Bergh is a teacher, a student and a lover of life. She is a healing artist who enjoys a variety of mediums and also has a few mad techie skills up her sleeves. By day she primarily does WordPress design and development and works with others to create a blissful life. By night, you'll find her behind a camera lens, on her bike, in a big comfy chair, cooking up a storm in her kitchen or sewing while listening to great music (probably from the 70s) on her ipod. Her greatest joy comes from living a orgasmic life by design.

What Others are Saying

  1. Ilga Cimbulis says

    June 28, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    I was thinking of creating a summer vision board but now will create a Mandala. Will save this exercise for the weekend when I can put quality time, effort and heart into it. The person where I am pet-sitting is an artist and I have tons of supplies handy I can use and will take a nature walk to collect nature objects. Thanks Michele…looking for to creating my Mandala vision board.

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    • Michele says

      June 29, 2011 at 11:38 am

      A big thank you to Joanie for her creativity! Perhaps you’ll share when it’s done, Ilga??

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      • Ilga Cimbulis says

        June 29, 2011 at 7:39 pm

        Yes, thank-you to Joanie! I read your name Michele on top of post but did know it was Joanie’s creative exercise. Moving too fast.

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