Hepworth analysed her own childrens» drawings in a manner close to Read's researches and commented on one group which, clearly recalling the mandala, consisted «of egg forms within eggs, folded again & again into a purse & hidden in a secret place» (letter to Herbert Read, 15 Jan. 1941). (tate.org.uk)
With a goose egg forming on my knee and blood running down my leg, I breathed a sigh of relief. (denimcrisis.com)