I made my mandala out of paint. I love painting, it is probably the art medium I love the most. I placed primary colors and a red violet on a plain, white paper. I then played with the impermanence by simply mixing the paint. The colors all blended together and made a brown, which was totally expected. However, what I did not expect was the original placement of the paint to stain the paper below. After wiping off the paint, I was left with this beautiful remnant of my paint mandala.
Although this is not technically the same as the impermanence of Tibetan sand mandalas of total impermanence with the mandala only to be seen in memory. This experience left me with the reflection on the temporal nature of our lives, but also hinting at the eternal perspective. If comparing the paint to our actions and the blank paper to our lives, then the mixing would allude to time passing. The ending mandala would conclude the mandala's life and could be compared to our eternal identity. We still carry the marks of our past life, the knowledge and scars, but with a new beautiful outlook.
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