it was asymetrical. and did you know that this museum is free?! but $8 to park. a magnificent bargain.
Monday, April 28, 2008
kirkridge labyrinth
Today, I met with some colleagues at Kirkridge Retreat Center, located near the Appalachian Trail, in Northeastern Pennsylvania. After our meeting, I visited Kirkridge's labyrinth. This is the view, shot in wide angle, upon entering the clearing in the woods.
connecting to Spirit...
the labyrinth inside the Temple of Good Will ....Brazilia, Brazil
"The TGW Nave — Its floor was built in granite and drawn in a spiral, so that the visitor, upon entering the Temple, follows the darkened pathway that winds anti-clockwise, representing Mankind’s difficult journey in search of a point of equilibrium. In the center of the pyramid, exactly beneath the crystal, a round bronze plaque symbolizes the discovery of Light and the beginning of a new journey. The clear colored path however, going clockwise, represents the path illuminated by moral and spiritual values acquired by the Human Beings’ own effort, finishing at the Throne and Altar of God, from whom one receives blessings."
LABYRINTH IN SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS IN CALIFORNIA 4-19-2008
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Minotaur
November 24th, 2007 - Geneva, Switzerland
This one is to reassure anyone who thinks I've gone a little soft over the last couple of days, what with the forests and the sunsets and so on, that my true love remains and will always remain street photography.
This should be the last archive shot I post for a while. I'll be in Manchester this weekend and I hope will have the opportunity to get out and about and explore the streets on my own for a few hours.
Have a great weekend !
paphos mosaic - ariadne theseus and minotaur
This was in Nea Pafos Archaelogical Site. Ariadne, Theseus and Minotaur in a labyrinthine design.
Ariadne and The Minotaur
His mom did it with a bull. HA HA!
My husbandish is into embroidery too! Check it out!
www.flickr.com/photos/johnnymurder/2424065509/
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Dédalo
Dédalo foi um artesão e arquiteto genial na mitologia grega, que como todo artísta, servia aos luxos da burguesia (não é muito diferente da atualidade). Para escapar do labirinto do Minotauro que ele mesmo contruiu, desenvolveu uma espécie de asas para ele e seu filho Ícaro, que não o ouvia muito bem.
Torso de Ikaria (escultura de Igor Mitoraj)
Recordemos que Ikaria es el nombre que Dédalo puso a la Isla donde el mar vomitó a su hijo Íkaro ahogado, simbolizada aquí a través del cuerpo de una mujer, con los genitales ocultos (durante la edad media estaba prohibida su representación por pecaminosa), en el que de nuevo nos encontramos con reproduciones de otras héroes y deidades incrustados en su cuerpo, de proporciones monumentales. La textura del cuerpo mutilado se manifiesta deteriorada tal vez aludiendo a la antigüedad, o a la destrucción.
maze t-shirt, back
There was no official senior t-shirt, my senior year, so I decided to make one. This maze plays on the actual school layout, which can be very confusing, even for upper classmen. Everyone could admit to getting lost!
primitive firing IV
as you can see, my primitive firing experiment has encountered a temporary setback. nice colour, shame about the hairline cracks...
"Garden of the Heart"
www.museumvanbuuren.com
"The " Garden of the Heart " was conceived in 1970 on a small area of 2,5 a and is made of yewtrees and boxwood, , representing 12 little hearts with a heart-shaped hedge around. This " secret garden ", according to René Pechère, gives the romantic touch to the enclosure, intended for private meditation and dream ..."
Apparently Alice wanted this garden to be made as a tribute to her husband (who had died 15 years before) and thought of it with the idea of the building becoming a public museum.
The Maze
www.museumvanbuuren.com
René Pechère transformed the Art Deco gardens into a landscape garden (1968-1970), adding this " Labyrinth " or " Dedalus " - it has an itinerary with 1300 yewtrees covering 500 m, where " The Song of Songs " is illustrated by 7 sculp- tures in bronze, made by the Belgian André Willequet."