They began during a time in her life of great confusion and conflict. Without knowing how to draw them, she put the pen to the paper and watched them emerge. They showed her an order and intelligence that lived inside of her that she hadn’t been aware of, and of inner capacities and beauty she hadn’t known. They also helped still the noise in her mind.
The drawings and paintings are all done completely free hand, using no compass, rulers, or aids of any kind. There is no plan regarding shape, symmetry or color beforehand; they all start with a dot on the center of a blank page and a creative impulse, and all the rest unfolds from there. Due to the intricacy and detail, some mandalas take over six months to complete.
“My hope is that the mandalas bring you some of the joy and benefit they have brought me: knowing that there is a center of stillness inside no matter what is occurring in life, knowing that when you get a big enough perspective there is an intricate order governing even the most seemingly chaotic situations, and realizing that we all have great beauty and untapped capacities dwelling within us waiting to be expressed when we begin to trust our own feelings and creative impulse.”