Assigned this mandala exercise I didn’t know where to begin. My art therapist said begin with a favorite color. I began with spirals in deep red, adding first the patterns on the right, babygirl pink in her cocoon by the darkness. To the left, a rumbling, seeds of thought growing, roots taking hold. • one of the coolest things I love about this is how I see things differently from each direction: Childhood at the top as brain and leaves of my life tree; childhood at the bottom, the rich layers of soil feeding the growth arising in me. As is, follow the path forward, making peace with the past and growing into the future • January 03, 2020 @ Hopkins IOPA • #mandala #arttherapy #ptsd #postraumaticgrowth https://www.instagram.com/p/B9f8QlUFF6d/?igshid=viylrd9iuwqm