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The Sphinx

APRIL 28, 2007

My sphinx is completed...
This was a journey
that I was not so sure I would finish...
At times I was excited,
other times discouraged...
But watching this amazing being
come to shape beneath my fingers,
was a gift...

There is much symbolism in this piece that has meaning for me...

I wanted so, to have the feeling of my precious framed Sphinx picture to come forth through me into the gourd, clay, paper, and paint. The bees that adorn the headpiece and the two knobs to open the "jewel box" are a prayer. All over America, bees have just disappeared. There are many speculations as to why... my prayer is that we all learn to live in balance with our ecosystem and all that we find around us, as well as within us... the tiny spiral nautili are thousands, if not millions, of years old... they speak to our beginnings, those small, and incremental steps, of coming forth from the ocean to be here now, walking upon this earth... human, lion, ancient, new, being alive, breathing, spirit into matter...

And so... my third lesson
with artist-teacher-muse extraordinare~
Marilyn Radzat, is complete...

Twenty-Seven Turns Around the Sun

By Lea Goode-Harris • 15 Mar, 2024

twenty-seven turns around and around the sun the moon smiles as well

The Retiring of a Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

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.

Making A Three Circuit Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

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!