"Deco" Mandala - 03/18/07

I finished coloring the bottom blue section with the same color combination as the top blue section.

WARNING: If psycho-babble is too much for you or if you'd rather just stick with the "how I colored this" aspect of my blog, then stop reading and go onto the next thing you were going to do...ie: read on at your own risk :)

As I was prepping this photo for this entry, I was looking at it as this smaller view which actually gave me an even bigger perspective (which seems rather ironic). This design was initially created as a therapeutic process for me to heal my relationship with my dad...totally from my perspective. It has to do with how I see him and how I have seen him. What I'm starting to see, now that the two blue sections are colored in, is two triangles, or rather two halves of a diamond; a left side and a right side. Both sides are identical except for the light/shadow perspective of the green meshy sections. Both are having the same experience; except their light/shadow perspective is exactly opposite. However, if I was to rotate this 180 degrees, it would look exactly the same as it does here. Meaning if I were in his shoes, I'd have his life experience and he would have mine.

My dad and I have been at odds with each other for most of my life. Over the years I worked through a lot of issues with him, strictly from my point of view. In the last year or so, our relationship has grown better and easier. As long as I stay away from his trigger topics, we get along great; and if I should happen to stumble onto one of them, I've learned to just breathe and let it roll over me like a warm summer breeze.

Now looking at this, it feels to me that my dad and I are identical, we're just seeing things from a different perspective. It's actually very cool and quite simple. To quote Dr. Phil, it's a "defining moment" for me. I eagerly await any additional insights that this mandala has to offer.