Snow Labyrinths
MARCH 5, 2008
For the first time ever...
I made a labyrinth in the snow...
My dear brother & sister-in-law's yard in Boston
and Mother Nature,
provided me with the perfect canvas...
I made a labyrinth in the snow...
My dear brother & sister-in-law's yard in Boston
and Mother Nature,
provided me with the perfect canvas...
and a simple path unfolded beneath my feet...
only to melt the next day...
in a breath of spring...
only to melt the next day...
in a breath of spring...
Phantom snowflakes...
swirling 'round us all the way home...
dusting our own labyrinth
with a flurry of tulip magnolias
and plum blossom snow...
swirling 'round us all the way home...
dusting our own labyrinth
with a flurry of tulip magnolias
and plum blossom snow...
Photos: My brother and sister in-law's yard after a snowstorm, with my footsteps making a simple three-circuit classical labyrinth, and our back yard Santa Rosa Labyrinth dusted in plum blossoms while the tulip magnolia bursts into the sky with song...
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!