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Labyrinth-The Universe and Details

whole thing
whole thing

To photograph the whole labyrinth, we held it over the second story balcony in the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's new visitor center.

in progress
in progress

The labyrinth in progress.

Winter
Winter

Winter

Spring
Spring

Spring

Summer
Summer

Summer

autumn
autumn

Autumn

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Statement

This labyrinth was created for the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing in the summer of 2005. The project was coordinated by Horticulture Therapy Outreach coordinator Jeannie Larson, designed and painted by Mulysa Melco and implemented with the help of talented volunteers. It now travels between various outreach programs. It accommodates a small group of people walking it at the same time.

The labyrinth is portable, made on a 25' x 25' piece of canvas that can be folded and stored and transported in a rolling plastic bin.

The Universe and the Details is the theme of the work. The center shows the spiral of the galaxy, the deep blue waves and gold stars form the paths of the labyrinth. Each of the four corners represents a season/time of day/stage of life:

Spring/Dawn- Children examine flowers under a budding tree, while bees and butterflies cavort overhead.

Summer/Day- A colorful trout and a crow rest under a lush green tree. Dragonflies and cicadas circle in the sky.

Autumn/Dusk- Under the changing leaves and a sky full of bats, a man and woman lie among mushrooms and ferns. Birds whisper to them as they fall asleep.

Winter/Night- Fox and hare face each other amongst bare branches and swirling snowflakes. In the dark sky, the phases of the moon appear.

In between these vignettes, smaller creatures of various orders are represented: rodents, reptiles, corals and mollusks, flowering and cone bearing plants, ferns, fungi, yeasts, bacteria and viruses.