The Mandala Lady > Mandala of the Week #14: Butterfly
While walking one day I came across a dead, fully-intact, butterfly on the ground. I carefully picked it up and brought it home with the intention of creating a butterfly mandala based on its markings.
Several months went by and I had yet to start working on it. Then I went hiking up Bald Hill. On a small stretch of trail a bunch of moths and butterflies surrounded me as I continued to walk. At first it seemed quite odd and then I realized that I had forgotten to create the butterfly mandala as promised. Out loud I said to them, 'Ok. Ok. I'll make the butterfly mandala.' A few steps later, the moths and butterflies flew away. Then I knew I HAD to create this mandala. I completed it six months later.
Having trouble seeing the butterflies? Find the spiral antennae along the outer edge, it leads to the body...voila!
This mandala's message: Like the gentleness of the butterfly, so can I be to me.