Formation Faux Sand Painting

Here is the symbolism of my sand painting, created at a Formation retreat, February, 2003:

• Alám Misqal: The Archetypal World



• The Bell: A wake-up call



• The Flowers: Fragrance of the Beloved



• The Tied-up Man: Mark's unwillingness to discuss his spirituality in the lecture hall



• The Butterfly and the Pentacle: Spiritual freedom through the Bahá'í Faith



• The Peace Symbol: The juxtaposition of two types of peace, represented by the cowboy and the feather



• The Cowboy: Radical struggle for liberations from oppression and peace



• The Feather: Spiritual peace



• The Heart: My heart is wrapped up in all the above