Vancouver City of Labyrinths!
Thank you for the Props!
Quite surprised how long lasting this chalk Labyrinth has turned out to be.
Perhaps there are unique conditions at this very spot, the material of the paver bricks, the sea air around this pocket of South East False Creek, and being a corner that is less frequently walked upon yet beside the desire line of a path where most everyone walks beside.
Who knows?
Last time I re-visited this Labyrinth, I only had to re-chalk red into a few hearts, and re-outline the outer-most perimeter circle wall.
“Walking the new Labyrinth on the seawall on World Labyrinth Day.
A labour of love by HiMY SYeD.
Thank you.”
– Sandy
Answers…
I began building “Vancouver Public Labyrinth” on March 25 2018, one month plus a day ago.
Answer to the second and third parts of the question…
I don’t know, hopefully for a long, long, long time; and no one ever does.
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“…. I met a woman called Johanne who followed me after a crow’s flight.
“Into the Labyrinth we circled each other, inside this stony tree of life.
“She heard me singing in the centre.
“Her hair was silver and her eyes were wild…. brighter than slate blue, but still alive with the depth of many weathered storms.
“Lessons from ancient women fell from sky as we spoke, along with tears, and rain, and all that is equally unspoken.
“The kindness of strangers still persists …”
Labyrinth I painted two weeks ago along the Stanley Park Seawall in Vancouver . . .
This is one of two Labyrinths left along The Seawall surrounding Stanley Park. They are my gifts to the People and City of Vancouver before I leave for home.
This labyrinth is located three fourths the distance between the Lions Gate Bridge and Siwash Rock which you can see in the distance.
For one full month I have been here in Vancouver, first to attend the United Nations’ World Urban Forum 3 followed separately by the World Peace Forum on the campus of University of British Columbia.
Often after the day’s events, I enjoyed biking or walking the entire nine kilometer length of the path affectionately known by locals as The Seawall.
Along The Seawall are a number of half moon shaped observation points with benches facing the Pacific Ocean.
With each trip past each of those observation points, The Seawall whispers to me grew, Siren-like, to leave a labyrinth or two or three before leaving.
A few days ago, I found myself in a hardware shop along Vancouver’s famous Commercial Drive mixing tints. The colour of the paint needed had to find balance between the blue of the ocean and the green and grays of the trees and rock cliffs of Stanley Park.
Passers-by all seemed to appreciate this new addition to The Seawall.
I ran out of both paint and time for a third Labyrinth just east of the Lions Gate Bridge. Next time I’m in Vancouver, hopefully I’ll complete this trilogy of Left Coast Labyrinths.
