Drawing the Circle

[pt_tangles]

I've been reading some stuff that elfwreck  has collected over the years and sent to me. I know that a lot of it is of questionable origin (much of the Crystal Wind stuff is possibly plagiarized), but I have been noticing references to 'drawing' a circle or visually laying a circle. I have read this in a couple of other places, but for some reason I had it in my head that since the border of the circle was energetic, it didn't require drawing. If you were doing it right, you would know where the edge was.

Does anyone lay out or draw a circle out visually? For those with altar rooms, do you have one painted on the floor? My mind is spinning the with possibilities for drawing a circle in an altar room. Tiles or paint or stain ... I am in artist mode, and I don't have anywhere to draw a floor circle! lol

--Phae

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[eldriwolf.livejournal.com]

in the woods or on a beach, yep, I draw them.
I have used cornmeal(or flour) to mark them out (also outdoors)
I know a couple of folks with the painted on-
--and one painted on canvas, to unroll.( which makes me want a RUG..)
--One of the paint jobs was *supposed* to wash off, never did....check your paints carefully
and use chalk, not oil pastels, as I learned at ten, when I drew on the closet door

Inlaid hardwoods might be nice, but not removable

[pt_tangles]

I like the idea of a rug. I think that will do well for me until I get a place of my own. I think it will also help me get more into a ritual frame of mind.

I am beginning to think that internalizing ritual so much is one of the reasons I don't do them as often as I would like.

--Phae

[eldriwolf.livejournal.com]

--I don't (yet) weave--so the classic 'persian-style' is out.
-but I have thought of a punch-needle(hooked) rug.
I probably don't have the patience to do the whole rug, background and all, so I might end up with a ring...I could see me making a Small rug/mat, with just the needle loops,.. or a mixed media thing, applique/embroidery/paint