The brief was communal-ring symmetry for a classical village-daily subject — the seated story circle Talasari elders still gather for after dusk, not the harvest tarpa dance ring that catalog tourists expect on every Warli wall. Communal-ring here means listeners seated facing inward with the storyteller occupying open centre, triangle bodies low to the ground, circle heads at varied scale to suggest age hierarchy. What we refused: tarpa spiral with musicians, central lagnacha chauk marriage square, standing dance figures, and perspective depth on the hut line. What we kept legible: elder gesture lines at centre, seated listener ring with gaps for breathing room, sparse hut squares anchoring village context, and generous ochre between figures so the ring reads as oral tradition pause — not crowded festival poster. Light density (~45% fill) preserves rice-paste wall air classical Warli needs.