For me, obeying the rules is like seeing in black and white. And I have always been a very strict "rule-follower"! Taking the risk and challenging or breaking a longstanding rule is like seeing in color. All of a sudden the scenery changes. There are nuances that you didn't notice before. There are possibilities that emerge, hidden behind the rules that you obeyed blindly because you were supposed to, because that's what good girls do.
The two mandalas posted here illustrate for me what happens when I can find the inner strength to challenge a rule that some authority figure in the past (sometimes the long-distant past!) decided was good and proper and you better do it or else! I start in the black and white world of shoulds and should nots and open up to the living color world of wonder, magic, mystery, and possibility.
What rules do you long to challenge and break? Maybe today's the day!
What rules do you long to challenge and break? Maybe today's the day!
--Vicky :o)
"Seeing in Black & White" Mandala
Ink on paper
"Seeing in Color" Mandala
Ink on paper, felt pens
Copyright © 2009 by Vicky Lynn Macchione
Copyright © 2009 by Vicky Lynn Macchione
