Almost five years,
Since I placed the first stone and began building the Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
Alhumdulillah,
It’s still there, and still walkable.
By now,
Thousands upon Thousands of Footsteps have trodden this well worn, and well visible, path.
InshAllah,
It will see at least another five years!
An older photograph,
Captured when my Vancouver Public Labyrinth was still new, yet already well-trodden . . .
When I first built my Vancouver Public Labyrinth,
I intentionally named it as such with a number of aspirations in doing so.
Today, one of those aspirations has been realized.
The Public has taken ownership of hosting an event at the Vancouver Public Labyrinth on World Labyrinth Day.
That Public being The Schoolless Olympic Village.
They have on occasion made use of the Vancouver Public Labyrinth as an outdoor open-air classroom.
You can see they made the effort in creating and posting this wonderful handmade + printed invitation:
“Today is World Labyrinth Day
🍥
Come and Walk the Labyrinth”
Vancity people walking along the Seawall between Habitat Island and the Cambie Bridge would have easily seen their invitation, and perhaps a number of them walked the Vancouver Public Labyrinth on World Labyrinth Day…
Thank You Schoolless Olympic Village for tweeting and sharing your photograph today!
Grateful to see it!
Thank you!
@LabyrinthsDOTca World Labyrinth Day in False Creek pic.twitter.com/NRUho8VwWk
— Schoolless Olympic Village (@school_olympic) May 7, 2022
On World Labyrinth Day 2022,
Vancouver’s Uncool Asian Dad took his kids to the Vancouver Public Labyrinth for a Labyrinth Run !
And that’s pretty cool…
“Googled Labyrinths in Vancouver and discovered The Vancouver Public Labyrinth in Olympic Village.
Not exactly what I was looking for,
but was an excellent day out anyways.
Especially after dragging myself through a day of medical tests.
Anyways,
this is a cool little public Labyrinth to walk.
Some of the rocks are missing,
but it’s been trodden enough that the paths are clear.
Best part of this?
It’s free and outdoors.
Perfect for a little destressing.”
Grateful to see little ones in Vancity can still explore and enjoy (my) Vancouver Public Labyrinth !
Aerial Drone image of my Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
I rotated the photograph 180 degrees so top and bottom of the Labyrinth is now north and south respectively.
Many stones have disappeared yet the well worn path remains walkable.
When I return to Vancouver, InshAllah,
The first Labyrinth I will visit and repair is this one,
The Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
“HïMY SYeD’s Labyrinth … in Olympic Village, Vancouver, BC on January 27, 2022 at 5:40 pm”
Thank you James for including and sharing (my) Vancouver Public Labyrinth in your Winter Sunset photographs from last night.
Grateful to see Labyrinth is still intact and remains walkable.
Thousands upon thousands of foot steps have trod this path of the Vancouver Public Labyrinth.
Stones and Rocks that I placed by hand over many many many hours,
Some remain,
Others need to return or be replaced . . .
Reverberations being felt all the way here in Ontario.
I need to return to Vancouver.
Christmas Eve 2020 at The Vancouver Public Labyrinth,
Stones remain in place,
Path remains well trodden . . .
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.”
“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 🙂 “