Christmas Eve 2020 at The Vancouver Public Labyrinth,
Stones remain in place,
Path remains well trodden . . .
Christmas Eve 2020 at The Vancouver Public Labyrinth,
Stones remain in place,
Path remains well trodden . . .
Went to walk a labyrinth on #solstice and to set an intention for the next 6 months. I forgot how beautiful it is at night. pic.twitter.com/YnnlZ01FJC
— tara robertson (@tararobertson) December 21, 2020
Earlier during this Pandemic Year,
My Friend and Brother in Islam, Jeremy, Direct Messaged a photograph of himself standing inside The Centre of Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
Today,
Jeremy messaged me a photograph of the Orange Labyrinth I painted on what I call Labyrinth Pier . . .
My Orange Labyrinth Design is fading in places yet it remains walkable if you look closely and walk mindfully.
Mushrooms sprouting in the Vancouver Public Labyrinth ?
Unexpected !
Sunday Labyrinth Walking in the Vancouver Public Labyrinth . . .
Originally I thought to carve “Vancouver Public Labyrinth” into this same log.
Perhaps “LOVE Everyone” is the message that belonged here all along . . .
“Walked to the Labyrinth,
Walked the Labyrinth and back with @tillie.king today.
This is the farthest I’ve walked in quite some time.
Today was a perfect day for contemplation with the sun playing with the clouds and rain,
The reflections of high tide and the perfect graffiti at the Labyrinth.”
Bicycles stop atop my slowing fading painted Orange Labyrinth on Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver . . .
“Sunday,
We came across this cool little Labyrinth stone circle by False Creek.
Intrigued by one of my friend’s friend explanation of how it is meant as a reflective meditative journey/walk to contemplate and to feel,
We of course had to try this fun little exercise out.
The 3 of us tried it.
I was surprise – it worked.
The 3 of us came to the exit with very different thoughts and emotions invoked:
- a sense of peace with decisions made,
- an openness to what the world is offering followed by noticing three simple words ‘Love is Everywhere’ etched on a log ahead,
- and oddly the rush of anxiousness wondering when am I going to get the heck out of this circle.
Perhaps it is the slowing down to realize how far we’ve come along.
Perhaps it highlighted the present moment.
Perhaps it is the unknown of how many more turns before I get there;
I should embrace the unknown a little bit, lol.
Fast forward.
Today I did the grouse grind after work.
My mind was only focused on the goal at top.
There was no musing, only pushing myself harder, faster, stronger – feeling my legs and my lungs.
The circle, the grind, and the musing!
Try it, if not for the musing, for the curiosity.
It’s good to slow down once in a while 🙂 “
This Black and White photograph visually reveals three of my four colour painted Labyrinths that make up Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver . . .
Before painting Labyrinths on this Pier overlooking Alder Bay in Vancouver,
I asked as many neighbourhood people as I could,
what regular events happened in this public space ?
Beyond an annual one day community garage sale / swap meet,
nothing happened else was programmed here.
It might be that my painting several Labyrinths here, transforming this pier into Labyrinth Pier, plus the Pandemic shutting down many indoor events, has brought out this Salsa Dance class . . .
Vancouverites dancing inside their social circle bubbles atop the faded outline of one of several Labyrinths I painted to create “Labyrinth Pier Vancouver”.
Will have to visit and repaint these Labyrinths once I can travel back to Vancity.
In Toronto,
I paint Labyrinths on the surfaces of Wading Pools.
Wading Pools sometimes become velodromes for Tricycles and Bicycles,
as Parents or Grandparents teach their little ones how to ride a bike.
In Vancouver,
I painted Labyrinths onto a Pier overlooking Alder Bay.
Here too on Labyrinth Pier,
Little Ones learn to bike . . .
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 !