Before I started my mandala and I was looking at examples, I was thinking, there is no way I can make something complex or beautiful like this. I’m not this kind of artist, and I can’t draw for my life. But when I started working on it, I got really into it. I’d always associated mandalas with meditation, but never really knew how you could meditate with it. When I was in that creative mindset that I get when I am working on something, I didn’t think about the logical steps it was taking me to get there. I just kept going and working. Once I finished it, I saw it differently. It made me think about some of my previous work, and how much I’ve grown as an artist in the past year. I would never have been able to create something this complex or something I could be as proud of