Grace
Sarah Greene
Working Notes & About the author
Sarah A. Greene has had a deep connection with mandalas since she was 18, at a time of confusion and conflict, when they spontaneously started to emerge from her as freehand drawings. Without knowing how to draw them, or with an idea of what "mandalas" were, she put the pen to the paper and watched them emerge. They showed her an order and intelligence that lived inside of her that she hadn't been aware of, and of inner capacities and beauty she hadn't known. They also helped still the noise in her mind.
Around the age of 26, she had a life changing awakening in the form of a head injury. Emerging from a darkness that had been consuming her existence until then, she has since been fully dedicated to the path of healing and soulful expression. In addition to her artistry, she is also a gifted, intuitive bodyworker and has explored work in the field of birth as a doula and midwives apprentice. Her passion of opening up to the current of Life as expressed through the creative impulse has brought her to practices such as yoga, qi gong, dance, somatics, tantra, meditation and singing, all of which inform her ability to drop in more fully and completely to the depth available in the present moment from which the mandalas now emerge.
The drawings and paintings are all done completely free hand, using no compass, rulers, or aids of any kind. There is no plan regarding shape, symmetry or color beforehand; they all start with a dot on the center of a blank page and a creative impulse, and all the rest unfolds from there.
Each mandala drawing is created with a specific theme. They are six month to year-long journeys, where Sarah’s life becomes a contemplation, prayer, and invitation to come into deep relationship with the theme expressed through these portals. As they are being created, she is shown and confronted with the places inside of herself that keep her from what it she is seeking. So, ultimately, these mandalas are healing tools and opportunities for insight into a journey towards self awareness and wholeness. And although they come through her, Sarah feels as though they come into the world as an offering for others to learn from and be touched by as we all make our way towards our highest potential as human beings. Learn more about Sarah and her work here.
Around the age of 26, she had a life changing awakening in the form of a head injury. Emerging from a darkness that had been consuming her existence until then, she has since been fully dedicated to the path of healing and soulful expression. In addition to her artistry, she is also a gifted, intuitive bodyworker and has explored work in the field of birth as a doula and midwives apprentice. Her passion of opening up to the current of Life as expressed through the creative impulse has brought her to practices such as yoga, qi gong, dance, somatics, tantra, meditation and singing, all of which inform her ability to drop in more fully and completely to the depth available in the present moment from which the mandalas now emerge.
The drawings and paintings are all done completely free hand, using no compass, rulers, or aids of any kind. There is no plan regarding shape, symmetry or color beforehand; they all start with a dot on the center of a blank page and a creative impulse, and all the rest unfolds from there.
Each mandala drawing is created with a specific theme. They are six month to year-long journeys, where Sarah’s life becomes a contemplation, prayer, and invitation to come into deep relationship with the theme expressed through these portals. As they are being created, she is shown and confronted with the places inside of herself that keep her from what it she is seeking. So, ultimately, these mandalas are healing tools and opportunities for insight into a journey towards self awareness and wholeness. And although they come through her, Sarah feels as though they come into the world as an offering for others to learn from and be touched by as we all make our way towards our highest potential as human beings. Learn more about Sarah and her work here.