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 . . .
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.
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.
That’s me,
Sunday Evening,
Placing one of the final stones before I stopped Labyrinth Building for the day,
Making my Stone Labyrinth in Humber Bay Park West.
These two photographs show the progress of building out Lane 5 of my still-in-progress Stone Labyrinth in Humber Bay Park West in Mimico . . .
Second photograph in the wild,
Shows Etobicoke Point Labyrinth under an overcast Toronto sky . . .
So much more motivation for me to finish making it into a 7 or 9 or 11 Lane Labyrinth !
First Photo in the Wild of my Etobicoke Point Labyrinth to appear online . . .
“How to stay sharp in this extended off-season . . .”
Christmas Eve 2020 at The Vancouver Public Labyrinth,
Stones remain in place,
Path remains well trodden . . .
“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 drone image of Habitat Island captured by Vancitypixels was inspired by Jeremy Lee’s Drone Image of the same.
Like Jeremy’s drone photograph of Habitat Island in False Creek,
This image incidentally also includes TWO of my Labyrinths !
First one, Vancouver Public Labyrinth, is easily visible and shown here.
The second one is barely visible,
That’s my Green Masking Tape Labyrinth I made on the round cement art podium in Hinge Park.
This drone photograph was captured around 7 p.m. on June 6 2020.
