Ukraine Flag beside my fading Orange Labyrinth on Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver.
Ukraine Flag beside my fading Orange Labyrinth on Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver.
My painted Orange Labyrinth is fading,
Yet remains visible, walkable, explorable, enjoyable by these two young Vancouverites . . .
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.
Bicycles stop atop my slowing fading painted Orange Labyrinth on Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver . . .
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 . . .
The paint has faded on the White Pass-Through Labyrinth on Labyrinth Pier Vancouver.
With the Pandemic,
I don’t know when I will return to Vancouver to repaint all the Labyrinths that comprise Labyrinth Pier Vancouver.
Yet,
Hopefully enough of this Labyrinth outline remains for it to still be walkable . . .
Standing atop the Orange Labyrinth on Labyrinth Pier Vancouver . . .
Group Photo Op atop the Orange Labyrinth I painted on Labyrinth Pier, Vancouver . . .
“I stumbled upon this Labyrinth at Midnight on a Full Moon, while out with friends.
It was pretty magical.”
– Kailey