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"We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again, we two."
~Walt Whitman

Spring may not be in the air, but love is, and will be all week. Every day until Valentines' Day, the Boomer Muse will be sharing all kinds of love, not just the smoochy stuff.

For this week's mandala, I've enjoyed playing with the circular nature of romantic love. I drawn a ring of ivy leaves, the symbol of everlasting love, except these leaves have spaces in between. A ribbon weaves in and out holding the ring together. There are elements of the seen and the unseen. There are the parts of romantic relationships we show to the world, and parts we hide, sometimes even to ourselves. At the core, there is the heart center on a green sphere chakra of love. Love is always at the core of everyone, whether we know it or not. It's easy to forget our true nature when it gets buried under fear and doubt, anger and hate. Take a closer look and see what else you notice. The mandalas I create, reveal different things to different people, much like a Rorschach test. Love really does make the world go round. Enjoy your week.
Love,
The Boomer Muse