The brief was horizontal-band symmetry for a classical farming subject — not tarpa musicians, not chauk wedding square. Rice planting in Warli grammar means bent triangle bodies in rhythmic repetition, flooded paddy as wavy horizontal lines, seedlings as three-prong vertical strokes — the monsoon transplant line women still perform across Dahanu and Palghar talukas. Horizontal-band lets the four planters read as one labour chorus across centre while carrier and bundle figure anchor left and right margins. What we refused: perspective field depth, green paddy colour wash, concentric dance rings, central chauk. What we kept legible: wavy water register below ground line, three fish swimming left in flooded band, head basket carrier, dot-canopy trees, V-birds as seasonal punctuation. Light density preserves ochre breath between bent figures.