Bloom #11/14

Bloom is a mixture of the portrait of an African woman and a lotus type mandala design. A mandala in art is a geometric set of patterns, colors, and shapes. It is most often presented in a circle, but can also appear as a square. The patterns emanate from the center of the mandala. A mandala symbolizes the universe. Its repeated patterns, colors, and shapes are meant to show the universality of the human race and the connectedness of societies and nature.mandalas represent the ideal form of the universe. The act of creating a mandala represents the transformation of the universe from a reality of suffering to one of enlightenment.