Trick or Treat 2011
OCTOBER 31, 2011
**The Treat:**
Spending the day with an
amazing earth artist and landscaper
Ron Johansen
of Outdoor Environments, Inc.
How I love
working with rocks...
Spending the day with an
amazing earth artist and landscaper
Ron Johansen
of Outdoor Environments, Inc.
How I love
working with rocks...
finding the right place for them...
where they fit together with each other
and with the land
like a giant jigsaw puzzle...
where they fit together with each other
and with the land
like a giant jigsaw puzzle...
bringing a new labyrinth
to life...
to life...
another treat...
was watching my client's grandson
manuver the rocks...
was watching my client's grandson
manuver the rocks...
and sit astride
the giant-blue-bobcat
the giant-blue-bobcat
ready to move heaven and earth
himself...
The Trick:
I had to become a psychologist
just to rediscover
this passion of my childhood,
of hunting rocks
and making art...
himself...
The Trick:
I had to become a psychologist
just to rediscover
this passion of my childhood,
of hunting rocks
and making art...
Circles and lines,
earth, rocks, and the clear sky
of this last Hallow'd Day of October,
Happy Halloween!
earth, rocks, and the clear sky
of this last Hallow'd Day of October,
Happy Halloween!
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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!