I made the image larger and replaced the file in the post above. Right click "view image" to see it even larger. It is an intuitive doodle from my visual journal on 23 Aug 07.

After watching the video link about Rachel tracing her hand in her journal, I immediately thought about me tracing my hand in my journal. Maybe it was meant to resemble and synch with what I've learned about Rachel today.

I remember some of my thoughts when I was drawing...I thought that I must love myself and reach out to myself. I also was learning about "emanation" which I first learned of through this spontaneous doodling. The spiral is part of this emanation. I feel the donut ring is also symbolic of time, life, the circle of life. And the fish to me is symbolic of Christ. At the time of doodling, I wasn't thinking any of these symbolic things though, just expressing whatever wanted to come through my consciousness. I cried after I finished the doodle because I felt such a boost in love.

Other faint shapes and words are bleed-through from the following page.