Haiku My Heart ~ Stones

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August 27, 2022

Lea Goode-Harris

every hand helps
placing stones to follow home
walking together

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August 2022. This is the second installation of a seven-circuit, Classical Labyrinth at the TLC Child & 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!

Noyo River Stones. Left-turning Classical Labyrinth approximately 35 X 55 feet.

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