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where I live: day three (lines in the sand)

  • Jul. 1st, 2008 at 9:21 AM
twiggy


So I was going to post a picture of a modern day Stonehenge--all the construction taking place in South Florida. I stumbled across this odd-looking pattern in a church's freshly mowed lawn. Now I'm not sure what to call it. A crop circle? (minus the crops) Or a landing pad for vacationing extra terrestrials? You tell me!

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[info]lillpluta wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 01:38 pm (UTC)
It's a labyrinth. I first learned about them when I visited a Presbyterian Church.

http://www.lessons4living.com/labyrinth.htm
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 01:41 pm (UTC)
Thank you! I knew that somebody would help me figure it out. I think of labyrinths as having high walls made of stone or greenery. This is more of a metaphysical labyrinth!
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[info]miss_shortskirt wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 01:51 pm (UTC)
yeah! a labyrinth! i didn't get it either. my parents had to make one for a church retreat and i thought they like... made a hedge maze or something, but really they just painted the back parking lot. haha
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[info]d_michiko_f wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 01:58 pm (UTC)
How cool! Is it a maze?
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 02:00 pm (UTC)
The people at the church must've built it as a Zenlike exercise/spiritual meditation. We never did anything fun like that in CCD!
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[info]sharigreen wrote:
Jul. 5th, 2008 09:33 pm (UTC)
A labyrinth has a single path to the center - no dead ends, so it's different from a maze. It kinda signifies a spiritual journey and it can be very meditative to walk its path. :)
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[info]sarazarr wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 03:50 pm (UTC)
Yes, labyrinth. Though I've never seen one on the grass. Normally they are made of stone. I walked one at a Catholic church here in Santa Fe last summer - can't say I had any epiphanies, but it was oddly mind-clearing.
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[info]melissawyatt wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 06:36 pm (UTC)
If it's actually cut into the grass, they call them "turf mazes." They're very big in England, where there are still plenty around that are maintained. Obviously, you can see clearly where you are going, so the point isn't to find your way through but more of a meditation thing to walk through it.

There's a wonderful YA novel called The China Garden that employs a turf maze in the plot.
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[info]notsoperky wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 07:30 pm (UTC)
Awesome, I'm going to add that book to my "to-hunt-down" list!
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[info]crissachappell wrote:
Jul. 1st, 2008 11:32 pm (UTC)
It's a work of art!
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[info]lizzy_lyn wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2008 12:16 am (UTC)
That's a labryrinth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth
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[info]jmprince wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2008 05:37 am (UTC)
I want an aerial shot. :)
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[info]saputnam wrote:
Jul. 6th, 2008 11:59 am (UTC)
What a great labyrinth!
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