During the Pandemic,
Many have been waiting for Barber Shops and Hair Salons to re-open.
People need haircuts.
Likewise,
The Vancouver Public Labyrinth has been in need of a Grass Cut.
Today was that day . . .
Grateful to The City of Vancouver / Vancouver Parks Board staff for carefully cutting overgrown grass around the Vancouver Public Labyrinth !
Even though I wasn’t able to walk my Vancouver Public Labyrinth on this Pandemic Summer Solstice,
Grateful to see that at least one Vancouverite did . . .
This drone image of Habitat Island captured by Vancitypixels was inspired by Jeremy Lee’s Drone Image of the same.
Like Jeremy’s drone photograph of Habitat Island in False Creek,
This image incidentally also includes TWO of my Labyrinths !
First one, Vancouver Public Labyrinth, is easily visible and shown here.
The second one is barely visible,
That’s my Green Masking Tape Labyrinth I made on the round cement art podium in Hinge Park.
This drone photograph was captured around 7 p.m. on June 6 2020.
It’s that time of year when the grass grows tall and the rocks outlining the design are almost hidden from view, yet the Path of The Labyrinth remains well worn, and The Centre is visible.
My Friend and Brother in Islam, Jeremy, on this Friday, Direct Messaged this photograph of him standing inside The Centre of Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
Time of year when Grass grows tall,
Stones outlining my design are almost hidden from view,
As
Jeremy stands inside The Centre of The Vancouver Public Labyrinth.https://t.co/15vtARhVzB
| #Vancouver🏙️#Labyrinths🍥#OlympicVillage
#HabitatIsland #HingePark #falsecreekseawall pic.twitter.com/PrIa0LXAS8— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) May 30, 2020
To my knowledge,
this is the first aerial drone image of my Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
Grateful to Jeremy Lee in Vancouver for sharing his drone image on Instagram.
His intention was to capture Habitat Island,
My Stone Labyrinth being in view was a bonus.
I rotated the Instagram image 90 degrees to reflect a true east-west orientation.
Incidentally,
The round cement circle you can see in Hinge Park is the location of my Green Masking Tape Labyrinth !
My Hinge Park Labyrinth has since become a Ghost Labyrinth with barely a walkable masking tape outline remaining at present.
The south east quadrant of the Vancouver Public Labyrinth dips just enough to allow rainwater to pool into puddle nurturing tall grass . . .
You can still make out the path.
It follows where the grass grew tall around the rocks and stones which outline the Labyrinth . . .
Nature nurturing a Hedge Maze from within my Stone Labyrinth ?
“I love the stone Labyrinth on the False Creek Seawall …
& I always stop to smell the roses …
or whatever else smells interesting 😉.I do enjoy a little meditation,
although I’ve never felt the need to stay within the lines.”
Vice Regal MacDuff Austin-Chester belongs to the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
“Exploring the stone Labyrinth on the False Creek sea wall across from Habitat Island. Everyone can benefit from a little meditation!”
Vice Regal MacDuff Austin-Chester belongs to the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
The rain which fell in September brought back the green of the grass which was brown throughout the late summer . . .
There is a simplexity to this drawing by Katie Brookoff.
Numerous Classic Labyrinths have been found along the shores of many islands, continents, seas and rivers.
At High Tide, the fish came in and may have swam up and into the Labyrinth.
As Low Tide gradually approached, any number of fish may have remained submerged in the inclined pockets of water within the lanes of the Labyrinth, yet without any direct watery way of escape.
People presumably returned at Low Tide, picked up their catch, went home and ate well that day.
There is a reasonable assumption that for thousands of years, these simple three and seven lane Classic Stone Labyrinths, created upon inclined slopes to the water, employing knowledge of tidal timings, were Humanity’s original sustainable fish farms.
I tend to agree with this hypothesis.
To illustrate this concept, here is a simple three lane classic Labyrinth that I made last week, upon the naturescaped Habitat Island in Vancouver’s False Creek, just opposite the location of where I recently completed the Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
Evidenced by the darker wet and lighter coloured dry stones in these images…
Tides in False Creek may rise and fall as much as 15 feet in one day!
Now, all we need is for False Creek to be clean enough again.
Who knows?
Maybe then we might catch a Minnowtaur or two!
About an hour after sunrise,
Under an overcast Vancouver sky,
This is what the Vancouver Public Labyrinth looks like…
