Linda Dawson

My archetypes work together, or alone, to bring meaning and voice to my artwork. When my Artist first saw the Dharma Chakra, also known as the Dharma Wheel, she knew she wanted to recreate it. She went to my Engineer and asked him if he would create the underpinning framework needed to create the drawing. Using his compass and straight edge he first divided the circle into six pieces to create the triskelion in the center. Then he divided the circle into eight pieces to create the spokes. The Artist then recreated them by hand and created all the decorative embellishing. My Engineer has a deep connect to the Sixth Chakra and uses the third eye to find solution to problems. Thus, the significance of the eyes in the spokes. Some interpretations of the Dharma Chakra see the spokes as the path the chakras travel to reach the crown. I see this as the path my eight non-survival archetypes take in reaching the Crown, or enlightenment. My archetypes do not always maintain proper decorum and in the end my Saboteur had to step in and misspell Dharma as Darma. I considered redoing the wheel but thought better of it as this is what my archetypes do when left to go their own way!

Dharma Chakra 2022 12” x 12” Pen and ink drawing NFS Fiberart2@verizon.net