I was seeing in a sacred manner the shape of all things in the Spirit, and the Shape of all Shapes as they must live together like one being and I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      —Black Elk

I made this mandala with the idea of order coming out of chaos. It's much looser and less geometric than usual, using gold ink to add a reflective quality. It mirrors what's happening outside. Yes, it's snowing again. Well, now that March came in like a lion, will it out like a lamb?