EcoArt at the Labyrinth
Tuesday mornings 8:30 am to 11 am
(in addition to meditation and discussion!)
We have long been wanting to add more art to the labyrinth, and now is our chance when we have more time and space in our lives, and an urgent need to focus our lives on gratitude and celebration.
We are going to experiment Tuesday morning with adding an artistic component to our 8:30 to about 11 am labyrinth walk, meditation and discussion on 'Celebrating the Last Chapter of our Lives'. It will be an adventure to .see how it can all fit together, and let those who come be part of as many or as few activities as they want!!!
Our first priority will be to maintain adequate social distancing and respect for each other so everyone can feel safe together. It will be good if you can bring your own chair (or something so you can comfortably sit on the ground) so we can move around with the moving shade, maintain social distancing, and be in different parts of the labyrinth if we wish.
For Ecoart, you can find lots of inspiration online (Richard Schiller and Andy Goldsworthy are good artists to start with). You can make your art as ephemeral or as long lasting as you wish. We are especially interested in items that are both attractive and make interesting sounds, either naturally with the wind or when struck or shaken as we walk the labyrinth. (We have some virus-free materials to start you off on making these if you wish.) In addition, we would like to add colour to some of the bricks and pavers along the labyrinth path to make the path more interesting and visible. It would be great if these path markings could be bright, playful, and tell a story. If you have any suggestions for this, but lack the time, flexibility to paint them yourself - or would like to share the project with others, we would love to explore your ideas with you. Another possibility would be to make the rock piles in the labyrinth more interesting - or to start your own...
For our art work, it will be important to bring or find your own materials - or for things which must be shared to bring materials to clean them well to minumise the chance of cross-infection. There are plenty of natural materials onsite (leaves, branches and rocks etc), so bring some containers if you want to collect anything. If you would like, and if your project is suitable, please come early enough that you can organise your working space that will let you join in the discussion while you work.
This week's discussion will focus on how to maintain quality of life in the face of the grave situations we as as individuals and as a community are facing. I hope we can move the discussion beyond rehashing the details of the challenges ahead (e.g.how the virus is progressing, and the economy suffering), and how we might like others to change themselves or our current policies, to focusing on what we personally can do NOW to enrich and celebrate our lives, and to perhaps share this celebration with others.
I hope you can join us Tues morning for the next step in our adventures together.
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