https://www.creativelabyrinths.com https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/discovery-park-labyrinth-bend-oregon <div data-rss-type="text"> <h3> <span> <span> Discovery Park Labyrinth in </span> </span> <a href="https://discoverywestbend.com" target="_blank"> Discovery West </a> <span> , Bend, Oregon </span> </h3> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_5041.jpeg"/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> In August of 2023, Romy Mortensen of </span> </span> <a href="https://discoverywestbend.com" target="_blank"> Discovery West </a> <span> <span> in Bend, OR contacted us to see if we were interested in designing a labyrinth for a public park in a new development. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> It was the start of an exciting journey together and the meeting of some extraordinary people along the way, in a beautiful place on this Earth. </span> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/looking+NE+back+to+left.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> We were introduced to the proposed site through a series of photos, a bare strip of land that reminded Marylin and I of a dry riverbed. Because of the winding rivers in the Bend, OR area, specifically the Deschutes River we let the imagery guide us. We created a pass-through labyrinth design with a nod to the history of "Farewell Bend" which was where the last campsite and watering spot was for pioneers following the Oregon Trail along the Deschutes River before turning northwest into more challenging terrain. </span> </span> <span> <span>  </span> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_6376-0d4dfabf-ac93b90f.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> With Marilyn in Minnesota and me in Northern California, most of our design collaborations are via phone and photos. But this time we had the opportunity to work on the design together in person. And we created a mock-up of the proposed labyrinth with found stones. </span> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> It took a year and a half to navigate the complexities of installing a public labyrinth involving many different players. But with everyone working together and keeping the communication channels open, the results were incredibly beautiful.  I was fortunate to get to be there for the dedication and meet in person the wonderful people who made this labyrinth happen. Local Sparrow Bakery even created labyrinth cookies to be shared by those who attended! </span> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> The following video was created by videographer Spencer Keen. </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <br/> </p> <ul> <li> <span> Lea Goode-Harris &amp; Marilyn Larson, Creative Labyrinths </span> </li> <li> <a href="https://discoverywestbend.com" target="_blank"> Discovery West Team </a> <span> <span> </span> </span> <span> (led by Romy Mortensen &amp; Valerie Yost) </span> </li> <li> <span> Bend Park &amp; Recreation District </span> </li> <li> <span> Bend Sustainability Fund </span> </li> <li> <span> Empire Stone </span> </li> <li> <span> Taylor NW </span> </li> <li> <span> Botanical Developments </span> </li> <li> <span> Nancy Sullivan </span> </li> <li> <span> Timothy Gorbold </span> </li> <li> <span> Carlson Sign </span> </li> <li> <span> Spencer Keen (videographer) </span> </li> </ul> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:43:25 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/discovery-park-labyrinth-bend-oregon Public Labyrinths,Nature,Transformation,Labyrinth,Earth Art,Featured thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/twenty-seven-turns-around-the-sun <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> twenty-seven turns <br/> around and around the sun <br/> the moon smiles as well <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> These twenty-seven years have taken me places... <br/> I could have never dreamed of. </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> Just today... I realized that the Santa Rosa design came through </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> the day after Pi Day. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> 3.14 </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> The day after the golden mean. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> It took me 27 years to make that connection! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> All these years have created all sorts of connections around the world, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> paths weaving in and out of time and place. And, people </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> continue to share their photos of the Santa Rosa Labyrinths they have made. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Their beauty and intention ripple outward... </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Here are a few to share with you on this birthday that spun from my heart, </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> my fingers, and my curiosity </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> all these many years ago </span> </p> <p> <span> of bending and turning, </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> of collaboration and sharing, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> sparking creativity </span> </p> <p> <span> in so many forms... </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> The first four photos are from Peter Clark from the UK. One drawn at the seaside. One painted in a prison. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> The second set of four photos are from Ange Virgona, Australia. The first three, set in stone. The last mowed in a lawn. <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> And here in my backyard... </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> as changes continue to unfold, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> as this labyrinth has been witness to all of these years... </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Fruit trees now are being added, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> micro-clover soon to be planted, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> daffodils bugle the coming of spring on this 15th of March. </span> </p> </div> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:27:35 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/twenty-seven-turns-around-the-sun Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/the-retiring-of-a-labyrinth <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Others are here for just an afternoon, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown. </span> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_5347.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> Beloved by many, this labyrinth was installed as a statement of life </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> in the face of many local teen deaths in the late 1990s. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Community of all ages and many local businesses contributed to its making. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Time revealed that this labyrinth was difficult to maintain </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> with the ever-shifting ground, drought, and flooding. </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> Four memorial benches still hold the space where the labyrinth was. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_5366.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> We can easily forget, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> as it is something we cannot see… </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> that once a labyrinth is placed on the ground with intent and walked by many… </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> the energetic imprint remains even though the physical features may not. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> And the love remains. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Change, loss, and letting go opens the space for something new </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> and an opportunity to be curious. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> If you find yourself at the center of the empty space </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> of the Sebastopol Teen Center Memorial Garden… </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> open to that space, the ground below, the sky above, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> to the energetic imprint of the labyrinth, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> and to all the love that continues to ripple out into our community </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> as we each follow our path into life. </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <a href="https://www.sebastopoltimes.com/p/the-disappearance-of-sebastopols" target="_blank"> Here is an article on the retiring of the Sebastopol Teen Memorial Garden Labyrinth of Life <br/> by Laura Hagar Rush </a> </p> </div> Sat, 05 Aug 2023 23:21:09 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/the-retiring-of-a-labyrinth Public Labyrinths,Transformation,Santa Rosa Labyrinth thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/making-a-three-circuit-labyrinth <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Sometimes... </span> </p> <p> <span> a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality.  </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Despite our plans and several meetings, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> listening to the land and finding the right spot, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> the labyrinth did not come to fruition. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened! <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> This sweet three-circuit Classical Labyrinth was created in less than two hours. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Deborah says... </span> </p> <p> <span> This labyrinth is created in perfect timing!! Life and energy is all about change. We have expectations and desires and try as we might— the universe brings in what is perfect in the moment. Thank goodness for Lea and her suggestion, “let’s just do it! And make it simple and small”. Changes are happening!! </span> <span> <span>   </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <a href="https://deborahmyerswellness.com/how-to-make-change-easier" target="_blank"> Here is a link to her blog post about her labyrinth making, <br/> and balancing energy and navigating change. </a> <span> <span> <br/> <br/> </span> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> Mulch from beneath the surrounding trees was used to fill the paths. </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> Rocks were placed at the entrance and a single rock was placed at the heart-space </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> of this labyrinth, where the two lines that make up the labyrinth meet. </span> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> This three-circuit Classical Labyrinth is approximately seven-feet in diameter. </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> We used approximately 85 bricks for the lines. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Some of the bricks were cut in half to make for tight turns and spaces. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Mulch from beneath the surrounding trees were used to fill the paths. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <a href="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/files/uploaded/3%267seedpatterns_HLlckws8RMiOKwfJJEiN.pdf" target="_blank"> Click here for instructions to make a three-circuit or seven-circuit Classical Labyrinth </a> <span> <span> . </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> Sat, 05 Aug 2023 22:32:33 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/making-a-three-circuit-labyrinth Classical Labyrinth,Private Labyrinths thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-march-2023-full-moon <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Full Moon in Virgo 4:40 AM PST- Heart-Space Santa Rosa Labyrinth </span> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> folded in veils </span> </h2> <h2> <span> she dances with all her heart </span> </h2> <h2> <span> spinning beauty threads </span> </h2> <h3> <span> <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <a href="https://www.manzanitasisters.com/a-few-words-about-haiku" target="_blank"> A Few Words About Haiku </a> </p> </div> Tue, 07 Mar 2023 05:07:56 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-march-2023-full-moon Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Poetry,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-water-rabbit <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> 1.20.23- Sun into Aquarius 12:29 AM PST </span> </p> <p> <span> 1.21.23- Lunar Imbolc &amp; New Moon in Aquarius 12:53 PM PST </span> </p> <p> <span> 1.22.23- Chinese New Year- Year of the Water Rabbit </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> water rabbit year </span> </h2> <h2> <span> fears transformed beneath the moon </span> </h2> <h2> <span> truth of emotions </span> <span> <br/> </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:17:27 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-water-rabbit Labyrinths,Transformation,Poetry,Ceremony thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-january-2023-full-moon <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Full Moon in Cancer 3:08 PM PST- Heart-Space Santa Rosa Labyrinth </span> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> the full moon still shines </span> </h2> <h2> <span> behind a veil of rain clouds </span> </h2> <h2> <span> beauty on this earth </span> </h2> <h3> <span> <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 06 Jan 2023 18:30:15 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-january-2023-full-moon Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Poetry,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-time <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> it's time to let go </span> </h2> <h2> <span> like the manzanita bark </span> </h2> <h2> <span> beauty leads the way </span> </h2> <h3> <span> <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:41:59 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-time Nature,Poetry,Ceremony thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-peace <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> gentle peace on Earth </span> </h2> <h2> <span> sun and moon shine on us all </span> </h2> <h2> <span> opening hearts to love </span> </h2> <h3> <span> <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> How ever you celebrate this turning point of our days... </span> </p> <p> <span> some seeing the return of the sun days growing longer... </span> </p> <p> <span> some seeing the sun days growing shorter... </span> </p> <p> <span> May we walk together with peace and with beauty, </span> </p> <p> <span> with all our kin who share this precious Earth. </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> This image of the sculpture of "Virgin with the Boy" came from my dear friend, </span> </span> <a href="https://theflowersarespeaking.com" target="_blank"> Mary Porter-Kearns: The Flowers Are Speaking </a> <span> . Mary says that this rare sculpture is attributed to Portuguese artist Diogo Pires-o-Velho (1473-1514) and is at the National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal. </span> </p> </div> Fri, 23 Dec 2022 18:35:41 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-peace thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-winter-fire <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> breathe in the cold air </span> </h2> <h2> <span> fire of the winter sun </span> </h2> <h2> <span> melts a frozen heart </span> </h2> <h3> <span> <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:11:56 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-winter-fire Nature thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-small-stiches <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> "Strawberry Cheesecake" Christmas ornament, stitched by mother, Nydia Goode </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> small stitches in time </span> </h2> <h2> <span> radiate a mother's love <br/> </span> </h2> <h2> <span> fills my home with cheer </span> </h2> <h3> <span> <br/> </span> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> Every year... I pull out the <span> <span> strawberry ornaments </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> that my mother gave me year after year, </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> until she was no longer here to do so. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> I cherish them. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> As well as all the other pieces of Christmas that she stitched for me over the years. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> There is also a little black dog, that my dear friend's mother stitched for our little schipperke, decades ago. </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> They all come out for these long nights </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> and radiate such beauty to be found in a simple gesture </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> and stitch of love. </span> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_2874.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:58:50 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-small-stiches Art Making,Ceremony thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-tradtions <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> inside and outside </span> </h2> <h2> <span> traditions old and some new <br/> </span> </h2> <h2> <span> winter wonderland </span> </h2> <h3> <br/> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/trad2.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Category: Ceremony, Nature </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <a href="mailto:lea@creativelabyrinths.com" target="_blank"> CONTACT LEA HERE </a> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> </span> </p> </div> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 22:14:54 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-tradtions Ceremony thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-offerings <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> a small offering <br/> at the center of it all </span> </h2> <h2> <span> moments just like this </span> </h2> <h3> <br/> </h3> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:06:57 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-offerings Nature,Ceremony thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/giving-thanks-labyrinth <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Placing a giving thanks leaf at the center of the labyrinth </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <h2> <span> "colLabyrinth" thanks </span> </h2> <h2> <span> giving heart along this path </span> </h2> <h2> <span> of leaves letting go </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> On Sunday, November 20, 2022, <br/> my friend Isa invited me to join her and friends and community </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> to gather beneath the crisp, blue November sky in the Sebastopol, CA Square and create </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> a three-circuit Classical Labyrinth around a tree with its fallen leaves. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> As we came together, one of the labyrinth creators, Ariana, came up with the name "ColLabyrinth." <br/> This delighted us all and captured the spirit of our collaborations in making a community labyrinth together. <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_2759.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_2731.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> A day of giving thanks... sharing food... and dancing in the labyrinth </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_2760.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... <br/> </span> </p> </div> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 05:08:55 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/giving-thanks-labyrinth Labyrinths,Classical Labyrinth,Ceremony thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-steps <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> one step at a time </span> </h2> <h2> <span> like the leaves of Fall let go </span> </h2> <h2> <span> walking on this Earth <br/> </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Annual, spontaneous, three-circuit labyrinth made in Ginkgo leaves </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... <br/> </span> </p> </div> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:30:52 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-steps Nature,Labyrinths,Classical Labyrinth,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/trinity-episcopal-labyrinth This simple nine-circuit labyrinth, based on a labyrinth design from Bayeaux, France, was installed in 1997 within a circle of redwoods, just to the West of the Episcopal Church and Grounds in Sonoma, CA. <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> One of my favorite labyrinths is still walk-able after twenty-five years. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> This simple nine-circuit labyrinth, based on a labyrinth design from Bayeaux, France, <br/> was installed in 1997 within a circle of redwoods, just to the West of the Episcopal Church and Grounds in Sonoma, CA. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> I have found that labyrinths beneath redwoods require little upkeep. The fallen needles are a natural deterrent of additional plant material emerging in the soil. The simple rocks lining the paths do need to be shifted back into place over time as they have a tendency to move over time because of foot traffic and critters scampering over the labyrinth. And fallen branches and needles need to be removed periodically from the tops of rocks. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> This place... is peaceful. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Quiet. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> And invites a slowing down </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> and connecting with the beauty of the path and surroundings. <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/trin1.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:31:51 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/trinity-episcopal-labyrinth Labyrinth,Church Labyrinths thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/an-extra-hour Ready or not... today's the day to turn the clocks back an hour in most of the USA... <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Ready or not... today's the day to turn the clocks back an hour in most of the USA... </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> I recently read an article by NY Times journalist Melissa Kirsch entitled: “Time Warp.” She quotes a few readers who sent in what they do to cope with the time changes. This was my favorite, as well as hers... </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> "My favorite coping mechanism came from K. E. (my edit) in Bellevue, Wash., who doesn’t change her clocks on Sunday until she happens upon an hour she’d like back, “most of the time waiting until 11 a.m. then deciding that an hour of coffee, muffins and the paper would be great to repeat.” If you have that kind of flexibility in your Sunday schedule, this seems like a sound plan.” </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Besides sleeping in and still getting up early… <br/> I'm going to change my clocks sometime in the day <br/> when I want a little more time to do something I enjoy... </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> What will you do with this extra hour? <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Sun, 06 Nov 2022 18:04:43 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/an-extra-hour Transformation thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-sunshine sunshine in the rain the world is so simple here slowing down to see <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> sunshine in the rain </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> the world is so simple here </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> slowing down to see </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> After the rains... <br/> On the grounds of Assynt House in the Highlands of Scotland, Evanton, Dingwal. </span> </p> <p> <span> September 5-9, 2022 </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:46:30 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-sunshine Nature,Travel,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-flight winged shadow of flight touching the places between a portal opens <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> winged shadow of flight <br/> touching the places between <br/> a portal opens </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Scotland, September 1 - 15, 2022 </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> A crow lifts off from a rooftop <br/> in the seaside village of Portree, Isle of Skye on September 9th. </span> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:28:29 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-flight Nature,Travel,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-wonder off the beaten path a bit of beauty beckons step into wonder <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> off the beaten path <br/> a bit of beauty beckons <br/> step into wonder </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/mush2.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Scotland, September 1 - 15, 2022 </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> My group (with Atlas Obscura) had the opportunity to stay at the beautiful Assynt House in the Highlands of Scotland, Evanton, Dingwal (Sept 5-9). Our hosts, Elizabeth and Graham, have truly created an incredible place to stay. I never wanted to leave! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/assynt4.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/assynt5.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 21 Oct 2022 23:41:09 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-wonder Nature,Travel,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-aangles-curves an ancient sundial angles and curves forgotten sun and moon still shine <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> an ancient sundial <br/> angles and curves forgotten <br/> sun and moon still shine </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> please visit Rebecca and other poets </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> <span> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Scotland, September 1 - 15, 2022 </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> On September 6th my group (with Atlas Obscura) visited Castle Foulis, Seat of the Clan Munro and home to the Munro family. It was an amazing day of history and legends with a gentleman who is truly a Scottish National Treasure.New Paragraph </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/munro.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> One of the things that The Chief of Clan Munro shared with us, was this ancient sundial. He said that it also tracked the cycles of the moon. How all the nooks and crannies and projections all worked together… has long been lost and forgotten. But it was still an object of beauty and workmanship to be admired. You could plainly see the Munro crest carved on the pedestal, along with the initials of “J &amp; M” which possibly signified that this was a “marriage stone.” However, the stone-sundial atop the pedestal, there is no telling how old it is. </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/sundial.2.png" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/sundial.3.png" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:49:59 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-aangles-curves Travel thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-old-man-of-storr the old man sleeping beneath a blanket of skye fingers reaching still <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> the old man sleeping <br/> beneath a blanket of skye <br/> fingers reaching still <br/> </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> please visit Rebecca and other poets </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> <span> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Hiking the Old Man of Storr on the Island of Skye, Scotland. <br/> September 10, 2022 <br/> (with Atlas Obscura) </span> </p> <p> <span> <span>  </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> Legend says that a great giant lived along the Trotternish Ridge. And when he died he was laid to rest in the earth with his hand reaching towards the sky. I however, think he is just sleeping. Waiting to join Arthur when the time to return arrives… </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_1738.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_1730-d4259f1b.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_1757.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 07 Oct 2022 23:44:43 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-old-man-of-storr Nature,Travel,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-searching searching for my roots in heather, rock, and blue lochs all roads lead us home <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> searching for my roots <br/> in heather, rock, and blue lochs <br/> all roads lead us home </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> I am home… from two and half weeks of exploring the beauty of Edinburgh, the Highlands, and Isle of Skye. Traveling part of the trip with a great group with Atlas Obscura. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> <br/> September 1 - 15, 2022. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 23 Sep 2022 23:54:33 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-searching Nature,Travel,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-stones every hand helps placing stones to follow home walking together <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> every hand helps <br/> placing stones to follow home <br/> walking together <br/> </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> please visit Rebecca and other poets </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> <span> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> August 2022. This is the second installation of a seven-circuit, Classical Labyrinth at the TLC Child &amp; Family Center in Sebastopol, CA. I had the opportunity to assist the students and staff in March of 2010 in laying out their original labyrinth to honor and remember one of their former Journey Academy students who was enlisted in the Army and killed in action in Afghanistan. TLC wanted this space to also honor all of the students, family and staff that use this labyrinth for so many things. To remember. To soothe anxiety. To learn about navigating life-changes. To mark special occasions. To connect with themselves and the land around them. And most of all, to be a part of a community that cares. Because of some land maintenance, the original labyrinth had to be removed. The teens did this dismantling with honor, intention, and ceremony, placing the stones to the side. Once the ground was prepared at the original site, about forty volunteers of adults and teens rebuilt this labyrinth in thirty-five minutes! </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> Noyo River Stones. Left-turning Classical Labyrinth approximately 35 X 55 feet. <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_0859.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_0861.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_0870.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_0881.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_0883.jpeg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... <br/> </span> </p> </div> Sat, 27 Aug 2022 03:51:22 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-stones Labyrinths,School Labyrinths,Classical Labyrinth,Poetry,Ceremony,Private Labyrinths thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-something-cool <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> something cool to pop <br/> more dear than gold or silver <br/> fruit ice on a stick </span> <span> <br/> </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:51:08 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-something-cool Poetry,Recipes & Meals thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/2022/7/22/mary-magdelene-feast-day-2022 Oh Lady in red spark our hearts, bring us home to the root of being human… <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> Oh Lady in red <br/> spark our hearts, <br/> bring us home <br/> to the root of being human… <br/> <br/> Opening to life, <br/> to each other, <br/> to our kin <br/> seen and unseen, <br/> remembering our place in the stars <br/> and on this path… <br/> <br/> Heaven on Earth </span> </h2> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> Mary Magdalen Feast Day <br/> July 22, </span> </span> <span> 2022 </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:40:39 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/2022/7/22/mary-magdelene-feast-day-2022 Poetry,Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-taco-tuesday-dream <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> I dream a warning… <br/> pin up your skirt. I do this. <br/> time for us to ride </span> <span> <br/> </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <br/> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:13:10 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-taco-tuesday-dream Living Life,Dreams thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-full-moon-strawberry-super-moon-in-saggitarius <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Heart-Space of the Santa Rosa Labyrinth </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> strawberry full moon <br/> springing from the archers bow <br/> joy arcs through the sky </span> <span> <br/> </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> June Strawberry Super Full Moon <br/> in Sagittarius <br/> in the heart-space of the Santa Rosa Labyrinth <br/> June 14, 2022 </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/strawb2.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/strawb3.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Tue, 14 Jun 2022 20:06:13 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-full-moon-strawberry-super-moon-in-saggitarius Labyrinths,Earth Art,Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Poetry,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/the-santa-rosa-labyrinth-turns-twenty-five <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Santa Rosa Labyrinth Heart-Space 25 Years </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <h2> <span> twenty-five years spin <br/> this path of beauty unfolds <br/> step into your heart <span>  </span> </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Today, March 15, 2022, the Santa Rosa Labyrinth with its signature heart-space is twenty-five years old. Never could I have imagined where this seven-circuit path would take me… the people I would meet… the places I would visit in search of all things labyrinth… </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> After thirty-plus years of labyrinth explorations, those initial three questions that came to me after my first labyrinth walk, four years before the Santa Rosa design spun out my compass and fingertips, are still unanswered. </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> Where do labyrinths come from? <br/> Who first made labyrinths? <br/> How were they used? </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_4320.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> The curiosity and wonder are as fresh today as they were with my first step into the labyrinth. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> And I think that is one of the greatest gifts possible from the many and diverse labyrinths </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> that we encounter at this point in history. </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> There have been challenges. <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Oh have there been challenges and opportunities to explore </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> the unconscious hidden patterns and obstacles that were once maybe a protection… </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> that became a detour from living life to the fullest. </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> I am as grateful to them </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> as I am to the joys and wonders found in the labyrinth. </span> </span> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_4337.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> And, I am forever grateful to the many, many people and organizations </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> who have used the Santa Rosa design to make incredible and beautiful labyrinths now around the world. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> Simple and complex. </span> </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> Permanent and ethereal. </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> Unique expressions of the heart. </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> I am especially appreciative of the friendship and explorations with Marilyn Larson, who helped me bring the design from paper to the ground for the first time on Memorial Weekend, 1997, and the three other women who came together a year later, on Mother’s day weekend, 1998 to draw the first Santa Rosa Labyrinth on canvas. Kimberly Saward, Alyssa Hall, and Sue Anne Foster. That canvas labyrinth, painted by Sue Anne with ivy for the lines, went out into the world and spread its beauty far and wide. </span> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Happy Birthday Path of my Heart! </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_4345.jpeg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... <br/> </span> </p> </div> Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:56:40 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/the-santa-rosa-labyrinth-turns-twenty-five Transformation,Labyrinth,Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/what-matters-to-the-heart-the-way-through-opposites-to-your-heart St. Jude is who you petition when you are faced with impossible circumstances. <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> St. Jude chaplet in the heart-space of the Santa Rosa Labyrinth </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> OCTOBER 28, 2020 </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> When I was seventeen, this St. Jude medallion was given to me by a dear high school friend soon after my father’s firefighting accident that left him a paraplegic. That November tragedy disintegrated my family unit with a single blow. Somehow… St. Jude has managed to stick by me all these years and this past summer I created this chaplet for him with nine-million-year-old Connemara beads and a jade Tibetan knot at the other end. <br/> St. Jude is who you petition when you are faced with impossible circumstances. This beloved kin of Christ and Mary, who is also known as the Green Man, holds great mystery and assistance in making the impossible, possible. My recent Novena to him was in asking for help in holding the internal tension of opposites that I’ve been grappling with. And to help us all navigate the opposites in the world that we face. My list is long, as is probably yours… </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/IMG_6031.jpg" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> On day five of the Novena, the middle day, I received some news that greatly diminished my internal tensions. I was also reminded… that twenty-years ago when completing my dissertation that I was also given a means of navigating opposites and finding the way through them to discover what really matters to my heart. I went back to what I had written then and share it with you here now. <br/> <br/> I hope it is of help to you today and in the days to come. <br/> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> -Short Version- </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> The Labyrinth Process: What Matters To Your Heart </span> <span> <br/> <br/> </span> <span> When you have only a small amount of time… </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <ol> <li> <span> <span> Place your hands over your heart. Breathe into this space. </span> </span> </li> <li> <span> Ask: What really matters to my heart? If I could have anything, no matter how small or big, what would that be? Just a one-word answer will work. </span> <span> <br/> </span> </li> <li> <span> <span> Next, ask to know what is the opposite of my heart’s desire? What is keeping me from what I truly desire? Again, a one-word answer will work. </span> </span> <span> <br/> </span> </li> <li> <span> Hold both of these opposite images in your mind’s eye, equally. Then, take at least three, or more, deep breaths into your heart and hands while thinking of these two images/concepts. </span> <span> <br/> </span> </li> <li> <span> <span> Then let them go. </span> </span> <span> <br/> </span> </li> <li> <span> Take another breath and ask to know a third new thing. Be curious as to what will come. A single word or image will work </span> <span> <br/> </span> </li> <li> <span> Take a few more breaths and be with this new awareness </span> <span> <br/> </span> </li> </ol> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> -Long Version- </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> The Labyrinth Process: What Matters To Your Heart? </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> When you have some time to explore these opposites in more depth using the Santa Rosa design or any other labyrinth you have access to. </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/b-wsrl.grnhrt.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <br/> <br/> Materials Needed: </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <ol> <li> <span> A journal &amp; pen or pencil </span> </li> <li> <span> Art materials: paper, colored-markers, pencils, crayons, paints, clay, or any other desired medium. </span> </li> <li> <span> Finger labyrinth (any design will work, the longer the path, the longer the contemplation). </span> </li> <li> <span> Or you can use a permanent or temporary walking labyrinth <br/> </span> </li> </ol> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> The Seven-Steps: What do you want to explore? Or, what problem are you dealing with? Almost anything that comes to mind has an opposite. Take one side and begin. </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <ol> <li> <span> What really matters to my heart? If I could have anything, no matter how small or big, what would that be? Use your journal or art materials to write about this or draw your image, or the colors that represent what matters to your heart. What shape, form, color, or image would best describe this first exploration of opposites? <br/> </span> </li> <li> <span> <span> What gets in the way of what matters to my heart? Using a different page of your journal or a second piece of art material, ask to know what is the conflicting polar opposite of my first image? What is keeping me from my heart’s desire? What shape, form, color, or image would this opposite look like? </span> </span> </li> <li> <span> Reflect on the conflict or struggle between these two images, or concepts while walking, or finger-walking the labyrinth. Keep your mind focused on both of them and don’t linger more on one or the other. </span> </li> <li> <span> <span> When you reach the center of the labyrinth, release these first two images, let them go. Then, ask to know a third new image or concept. </span> </span> </li> <li> <span> Walk, or finger-walk, your way back out of the labyrinth with this new image and/or concept. </span> </li> <li> <span> <span> Use your journal or art materials to create this third newly discovered image or concept in response to the experience of having walked, or finger walked the labyrinth. What shape, form, color, or image emerged for you in the labyrinth? </span> </span> </li> <li> <span> Identify and discuss (if by yourself, journal) any new self-awareness resulting from considering your original focus or exploration of opposites within the whole experience. <br/> <br/> <br/> If you have any questions or would like for me to be a witness and hold space for you in doing either the short or long versions of this process, please contact me through the following button. This process can be done over the phone, on zoom, or in-person (with social distancing and COVID guidelines). </span> </li> </ol> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> To learn, or remember, how to pray the Rosary (non-denominational) please visit: </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> <span>  </span> </span> </span> <a href="https://wayoftherose.org" target="_blank"> The Way of the Rose: A New Way That Is Really An Old Way </a> <span>   </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:42:20 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/what-matters-to-the-heart-the-way-through-opposites-to-your-heart Transformation,Labyrinth,Featured,Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/painting-a-temporary-santa-rosa-labyrinth-at-church-of-the-roses-santa-rosa-ca Church of the Roses in Santa Rosa, CA has begun the process of making plans for a labyrinth. They have chosen the Santa Rosa Labyrinth design as a part of their garden that will interface with their surrounding community. <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> Pastor Cindy Alloway with plans drawn by landscaper Steve Kovanis of </span> </span> <a href="http://www.carlilemacy.com" target="_blank"> Carlile-Macy </a> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <h4> <span> <span> Update: as of 2022, this labyrinth never became a permanent installation. This sometimes happens, however the process, the plans and collaboration, and the temporary installation of a labyrinth can be as important as a permanent installation. </span> </span> </h4> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <h6> <a href="http://www.churchoftheroses.org" target="_blank"> Church of the Roses </a> <span> <span> in Santa Rosa, CA has begun the process of making plans for a labyrinth. They have chosen the Santa Rosa Labyrinth design as a part of their garden that will interface with their surrounding community. </span> </span> </h6> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <span> These plans will replace an existing problematic lawn with roses, flowering trees, benches, and the labyrinth as a center point of focus. </span> </span> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Church of the Roses had a number of members who lost their homes to the 2017 firestorm that ravaged the City of Santa Rosa, our Sonoma County, and neighboring counties. <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> This garden and labyrinth is being dedicated to all those affected by the fires. This new space will be used for weddings, events, concerts, the church pre-school and picnic and as a place for children walking home from school and the neighbors to take some time out of time and connect with themselves, each other and the world around them. </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> <span> Pastor Cindy says, “the Church of the Roses is now seeking funding for the installation of the labyrinth, surrounding walkways, benches and trees so this gift to the community can be a beautiful ADA accessible centering place that enhances resilience and provides a sense of peaceful healing for all.” </span> </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <a href="https://wolffcontracting.com" target="_blank"> <span>  </span> Wolff Contracting </a> <span> <span> is donating the excavation and preparation of the lawn area even as they are actively working on rebuilding homes in our area that were lost to the fires. </span> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/ch.rose2.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Church of the Roses recently hosted a Benefit Choral Workshop and Concert for Habitat for Humanity. As an introduction to the labyrinth, Creative Labyrinths, with help from Church of the Roses, painted the design on the front lawn where the final permanent labyrinth is being proposed. </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... <br/> </span> </p> </div> Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:36:07 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/painting-a-temporary-santa-rosa-labyrinth-at-church-of-the-roses-santa-rosa-ca Labyrinths,Church Labyrinths,Santa Rosa Labyrinth thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/ascension-seton-hays-medical-center-santa-rosa-labyrinth-kyle-texas <div data-rss-type="text"> <h5> <span> This beautiful seven-circuit Santa Rosa Labyrinth is for patients, visiting family and friends as well as hospital staff at the Healing Garden at Ascension Seton Hays Medical Center in Kyle, Texas. </span> </h5> <h5> <br/> </h5> <p> <span> The team that came together to create this incredible healing garden are listed below. They did an amazing job of creating an environment that will allow all who enter here a body-mind-spirit connection to the earth and surrounding diverse vegetation as they traverse the meandering paths to a center place of beauty in a variety of ways. <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> Client: </span> </span> <a href="https://ascension.org" target="_blank"> Ascension </a> <span> <span> <br/> Hospital: </span> </span> <a href="https://healthcare.ascension.org/Locations/Texas/TXAUS/Kyle-Ascension-Seton-Hays" target="_blank"> Ascension Seton Hays Medical Center, Kyle, TX </a> <span> <span> <br/> Architect: </span> </span> <a href="https://www.hksinc.com" target="_blank"> HKS Inc. </a> <span> <span> <br/> Civil Engineer: </span> </span> <a href="https://www.stantec.com" target="_blank"> Stantec </a> <span> <span> <br/> Landscape Architect: </span> </span> <a href="https://www.stantec.com" target="_blank"> Stantec </a> <span> <span> <br/> MEP Engineer: </span> </span> <a href="https://www.wsp.com" target="_blank"> WSP USA </a> <span> <span> <br/> General Contractor: </span> </span> <a href="https://www.sabrecommercial.com" target="_blank"> Sabre Commercial Inc. </a> <span> <span> <br/> Drone Shots: Stantec <br/> Santa Rosa Labyrinth design &amp; labyrinth consultation: </span> </span> <a href="/"> Lea Goode-Harris, Ph.D., Creative Labyrinths </a> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/a.srl3.JPG" alt=""/> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Sat, 28 Sep 2019 22:19:29 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/ascension-seton-hays-medical-center-santa-rosa-labyrinth-kyle-texas Public Labyrinths,Hospital Labyrinths,Santa Rosa Labyrinth thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-my-shadow <div data-rss-type="text"> <h2> <span> catching my shadow <br/> in the twists and turns of life <br/> I begin again </span> <span> <br/> </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Grace Cathedral </span> <span> , </span> </p> <p> <span> Chartres Labyrinth, <br/> </span> <span> San Francisco, California </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> <span> For more Friday haiku my heart <br/> please visit Rebecca and other poets <br/> at </span> </span> <a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/" target="_blank"> recuerda mi corazon </a> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/grace5-426c0bbe.png" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Fri, 17 May 2019 21:40:36 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/haiku-my-heart-my-shadow Labyrinths,Chartres Labyrinth,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/unicorn-day-2019 <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borderlands </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Where do you run <br/> bright force of nature <br/> weaving through my dreams and childhood, <br/> waiting for me in fallen abbeys, <br/> in stitches of silver, <br/> captured in paintings and tapestries <br/> waiting to be freed… <br/> In open meadows painted with wildflowers <br/> the memory of you nuzzles my outstretched palm, <br/> your shimmer leads me through dark forests <br/> where the light of day never finds you… <br/> Somewhere… you roam free <br/> and gallop through blue-green hills <br/> to the sound of music that few can hear. <br/> I see you everywhere, <br/> you find me no matter where I go, <br/> reminding me to follow the pace of my imagination, <br/> that always finds a way <br/> back to your pure heart <br/> and the wonder of your being <br/> a unicorn. </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span>   <br/> If you have something to add or questi </span> <span> ons to ask... </span> </p> </div> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:22:00 GMT goodeharris@gmail.com (Lea Goode-Harris) https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/unicorn-day-2019 Travel,Unicorn Sightings,Poetry thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/looking-through-the-maze <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Hedge Maze at Maldon Promenade Park, UK </span> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Finding the path... </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> Most people don't realize that the path through a labyrinth is actually the way found <br/> through a maze... </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> The false starts and dead ends of a maze confuse your thinking mind and you have to work hard to find the way to the center... on the other side of the coin... a labyrinth has usually, but not always, a single path that takes you to a center place, both literally and metaphorically. All you have to do... is follow the path and notice your experience. </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/maze2.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> The next time you are in a labyrinth... try walking on the lines. You will find that you are caught in a maze... </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <p> <span> And you never know what you will find in a maze... </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> a Minotaur... </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> an elf (not a house elf)... </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> maybe a wizard... </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> <span> or maybe the world-renowned maze &amp; labyrinth historian, </span> </span> <a href="http://www.labyrinthos.net" target="_blank"> Jeff Saward </a> <span> ...New Paragraph </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/maze3.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... <br/> </span> </p> </div> Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:50:35 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/looking-through-the-maze Travel,Mazes thumbnail main image https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/the-first-green-rooftop-labyrinth-in-the-usa At the invitation of the American Psychological Association (APA) on the weekend of the Fall Equinox, 2008, I traveled to Washington DC for the dedication of their Santa Rosa Labyrinth. <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Statue of Grief (also known as America) weeping on the shoulder of History with the US Capitol dome in the background. </span> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <h2> <span> American Psychological Association's </span> <span> <br/> </span> <span> Santa Rosa Labyrinth in Wahington DC <br/> </span> </h2> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> At the invitation of the American Psychological Association (APA) on the weekend of the Fall Equinox, 2008, I traveled to Washington DC for the dedication of their Santa Rosa Labyrinth. </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> I was invited to speak at the dedication ceremony on the significance of labyrinths and the Santa Rosa design. The labyrinth is located on the rooftop that houses the national headquarters of The World Resource Institute. This organization creates green work-spaces as well as finding ways to protect the earth and improve people’s lives. These rooftops gardens: </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> <ul> <li> <span> restore the original green footprint of the building, cutting down on the heating and cooling costs. </span> </li> <li> <span> lower rooftop heat. </span> </li> <li> <span> collect and purifies runoff rain water. </span> </li> <li> <span> provide space for employees and visitors to relax in a beautiful and peaceful environment. </span> </li> </ul> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> Before and After Construction of the Green Roof Top and Labyrinth </span> <span> <span>  </span> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/PIC-0051.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> With the final pavers laid the Santa Rosa Labyrinth emerged... surrounded by GreenGrid® trays of mature Alpine plants in minimal soil that can survive in all weather conditions and are easily moved for changes, repairs, and maintenance. <br/> </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> </p> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/DSC01841.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/DSC01844.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/DSC01852.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div> <img src="https://irp.cdn-website.com/412f34f3/dms3rep/multi/DSC01853.jpg" alt=""/> <span> </span> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> This completed project was the fifth of eight proposed green rooftops for the Washington DC area by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and is open to the public during business hours. Rooftop design and construction was done by Farrand &amp; English and DC Greenworks. </span> </p> <p> <span> From the heart of Santa Rosa to the heart of Washington DC it is my hope that this path will bring joy, beauty, and a greater awareness and appreciation to the diversity found in the twists and turns in the path of life... </span> </p> <p> <span> Photos: Construction photos by Michael Mitchell, CFM, Director of Administrative Services at the American Psychological Association, all other photos by Lea Goode-Harris, PhD, Labyrinth Architects. </span> <span> <br/> <br/> </span> <span> Links: </span> <a href="http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2008/10/green-roof.aspx" target="_blank"> <br/> </a> <a href="http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2008/10/green-roof.aspx" target="_blank"> American Psychological Association </a> <span> <br/> </span> <a href="http://www.wri.org/" target="_blank"> Wo </a> <a href="http://www.wri.org/" target="_blank"> r </a> <a href="http://www.wri.org/" target="_blank"> ld Resource Institute </a> <span> <br/> </span> <a href="http://naturesacred.org/" target="_blank"> TKF Foundation/Nature Sacred </a> <span> <br/> </span> <a href="http://www.cbf.org/" target="_blank"> Chesapeake Bay Foundation </a> </p> <p> <span> <span> Lea Goode-Harris, PhD, </span> </span> <a href="/"> Creative Labyrinths </a> </p> </div> <div data-rss-type="text"> <p> <span> We hope you have enjoyed this post! </span> </p> <p> <span> <br/> </span> <span> If you have something to add or questions to ask... </span> </p> </div> Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:31:18 GMT https://www.creativelabyrinths.com/the-first-green-rooftop-labyrinth-in-the-usa Public Labyrinths,Labyrinth,Featured,Santa Rosa Labyrinth,Ceremony,Heart Space thumbnail main image