I really need to make a maintenance visit to my Spyglass Place Labyrinth . . .
Looking very closely, one might spot a number of stones out-of-place . . .
. . . Time for another maintenance visit to the Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
…And this would be my cue to stop procrastinating and return to my Spyglass Place Labyrinth for a major Maintenance visit!
When I first placed a medium sized dinosaur egg in the middle of the centre of what would become the Vancouver Public Labyrinth, it was not large enough to stand nor sit on.
Far from it.
Then one day I returned for a maintenance visit and of all the stones, that was the only one which was missing.
I re-placed the disappeared centre stone with a much larger, heavier stone. Not just a dinosaur egg but a really big stone.
Some days later, I found yet another large rock during low tide in False Creek and placed it beside the first re-placement stone.
Since then, I have randomly seen people stand upon those two rocks once they reach the centre.
This is the first instance of seeing someone sitting on them.
Perhaps reaching the centre of the Vancouver Public Labyrinth then sitting and watching the setting set is a thing . . .
The dried grass, with its hair thin whispers of blades gently strangling the stone arcss of the Labyrinth, almost makes this seem ancient, like its always been there, betraying its age.
It’s barely fourth months old.
I began building this late March and finished it in April…
For all the rain that Vancouver gets at other times of the year, nowadays with all the dry grass around, “Suncouver” is more like it.
I’ve been visiting my Vancouver Public Labyrinth when I can for “maintenance” walks.
I reposition stones and slightly re-arrange some rocks to ensure a pleasant walking experience.
And sometimes, I see photos like these two Instagrams and know that the Labyrinth is doing okay. . .
Even if these photos were taken any number of days ago, I appreciate them being posted now!
Thanks Craig!
My Stone Labyrinth is both a Neighbourhood Labyrinth and a City Labyrinth.
Neighbouhood being Olympic Village and South False Creek.
The City being Vancouver.
You’re welcome Susan!
Happy Labyrinth Walking!
…A Crop Circle made of Stone is a…. Stone Circle.
Or, a Stone Labyrinth, which is what I made here,
Vancouver’s own Spyglass Place Labyrinth.
Though this image was just posted, this is a wonderful photograph of the Vancouver Public Labyrinth before I re-arranged the rocks from these concentric circles into its current and more complex final design.
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!
“Creekside Labyrinth
HiMY has spent two weeks working on this almost finished maze.
I asked him why there is a shortcut to the final.
He answered:
‘in case that somebody has no time to stroll around.’
I said:
‘no worry, Vancouverite never lost interest in exploring new things.'”
– Sam
sean_g_rowe : This rock formation is a-maze-ing!
redcottonthread : Love this!
lumilumixo : Is this caused by nature? Like wind?
lumilumixo : Or aliens
sean_g_rowe : @lumilumixo definitely aliens
Well… I’m from Toronto, so there’s that!