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argieArt 2006

a Primer consisting of
rough drafts of
sketchy notes to
the full-time
occasional artist

Name: argie

another wave on another ocean in another universe at another time

20060219

.twisted mandala.

.why knot.

Hira said...: Whats a mandala?; 8:58 PM, February 21, 2006
argie said...: To the best of my knowledge, the term ‘mandala’ comes originally from Sanskrit, and means ‘circle’ or ‘disk’ (not to be confused with ‘chakra’). In modern usage the mandala is typically a circular design or motif that either symbolizes the universe or, in certain Tibetan visualizations, is the universe.
In Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Carl Jung says something to the effect of, ‘I had to abandon the idea of the superordinate position of the ego. ... I saw that everything, all paths I had been following, all steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point - namely, to the mid-point. It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the centre. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the centre, to individuation ... I knew that in finding the mandala as an expression of the self I had attained what was for me the ultimate.’; 5:28 PM, August 30, 2006