Rhythm Automaton
9.2" Diameter
Pencil on Paper
As I create this mandala, I am definitely feeling more improvisational than on my previous one. Part of it is most likely due to the fact that we have music playing at this time, and Radiohead at that. There is something meditative and ritualistic about creating these mandalas (at least, that is the approach I take). I enjoy it a lot, actually - slowly tracing and redrawing, while at other times quickly bouncing across the page, but always in some sort of rhythm. It had all started with a circle, and as I go around on the paper, I feel an urge to move my hand just the slightest bit, and at different times. After seeing the results of that, I decide to play with it even more. Further into the process of drawing the mandala, something suggests that I should trace over a certain series of lines, creating the darker, amoeba-like shapes seen in the image above. Made completely of circles, curves, and figure-eights, this image is smooth, continuous, and organic - which is similar to my state of mind at the time.
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