LALATOWN LIFE

This is my fifth Nature Sound Mandala.

All of my paintings are hand painted, but this one was done only on paper with marker and pen. Nothing else. No underdrawing. No sketch. I did not look at anything. I started from the very center and built it outward.

I uploaded a short video showing the steps — from 1 to 22 — how it slowly formed.

While looking at it years later, I realized something.

LALATOWN was already inside of it.

I didn’t know I would one day call it LALATOWN. But many of my mandalas contain a small town — colorful, almost cheesy, protective. A place that feels safe from everything. I was craving that place before I knew its name.

This is not about “look at my mandala.”

This is about how I healed while drawing it.

Originally, My Nature Sound Mandala means you make a sound that is only yours. A frequency that belongs only to you. I am not talking about curing illness. I am talking about healing the heart — scars, grief, what is stored inside.

When I draw, the patterns often become like stitches.

If I tried to draw this again, it would never look the same. It cannot. I poured that exact period of my grief into it. That version of me no longer exists.

I am starting with the fifth mandala because I am not ready to revisit the earlier ones. That one held anger, resentment, and shock. I am not ready to look at it yet.

Meditation has always been part of my life. Reflection is what makes us human — the ability to look inward and find ourselves again.

I have seen people who endured unimaginable childhoods. Their stories humbled me. Compared to them, my suffering felt small. Yet I watched them transform chaos into beauty. Some of their mandalas were honored publicly. Not because of degrees. Not because of training. But because they bloomed from mud.

They healed and said, “No one can destroy me.”

That is strength.

I am not comparing myself to them. I am simply sharing my own small part of healing.

If you look closely, you can see LALATOWN here.

It existed before the name.

I will link the Pinterest video if you would like to see the 22 steps of how it was created.

Welcome to LALATOWN.

Happy healing.

If you feel like visiting more real members of my Nature Sound Mandala, this little path will take you there:https://youtube.com/channel/UCTEQUnRw5JtZQqRqbGrm3aw?si=bsemM2Ws0hJREZaF