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Backyard of Labyrinth (Bhulbhullaiya) at Bara Imambara, Lucknow.
Built by Asaf-ud-daulah, Nawab of Lucknow, in 1784 for the purpose of Azadari. The Bara Imambara is among the grandest buildings of Lucknow.
The architecture of the complex reflects the maturation of ornamented Mughal design - it is one of the last major projects not incorporating any European elements or the use of iron.
The main imambara consists of a large vaulted central chamber containing the tomb of Asaf-ud-Daula.
At 50 by 16 meters and over 15 meters tall, it has no beams supporting the ceiling, and is one of the largest such arched constructions in the world.
There are eight surrounding chambers built to different roof heights, permitting the space above these to be reconstructed as a three-dimensional labyrinth with passages interconnecting with each other through 489 identical doorways. This part of the building, known as is a popular attraction, and often the whole complex may be referred to as the bhulbhulayah. It is possibly the only existing maze in India and came about unintenionally to support the weight of the building, constructed on marshy land.
This will be the next online exhibition at Susanita's Little Gallery.
Opening will be on June 18th 2012.
Esta será la próxima exposición online en Susanita's Little Gallery.
La inauguración será el 18 de Junio de 2012.
www.susanitaslittlegallery.com/en-US/Home.aspx
Artists taking part / Artistas participantes: Iria Aldrey, Verónica Álvarez, Ashlyn Anstee, Betsy Bauer, Juan Bauty, Rozenn Bothuon, Michael Fleming, Ketódico, Alex Leighton, Marta Anaïs, Neiko Ng, Jose Luis Ocaña, Pakoto, Matt Saunders, Fermín Solís, Rafa Toro, Andrea Torrejón, Ryuku Uratsuji, Jaime Villanueva, Ed Warner, Gabby Zapata.
Artwork used for poster: "Ludo" by Betsy Bauer (behiboe.blogspot.com.es/)
One of 270 unique enamel artworks by Mark Wallinger placed at each station on the London Underground. 'Native American' type labyrinth. West Brompton, 16th March 2017.
One of 270 unique enamel artworks by Mark Wallinger placed at each station on the London Underground. 'Native American' type labyrinth. South Woodford, 18th April 2017.
Labyrinths have been used throughout the world for thousands of years for their consciousness-changing effects. This is one of a pair in Rocky Valley, near Tintagel, Cornwall. Their date is unknown.
Lalibela churches, all connected by a labyrinth thine of narrow and deep passages, tunnels, small canyons, and bridges…
"Labyrinth Dreams-Create" is #4 of 5 in a series of collage/assemblage works based on the 7-circuit or Cretan Labyrinth.
It measures 17x14 inches & is made on canvas board. The background is an acrylic & tissue paper laminate, the labyrinths are hand painted acrylic, the stars are acrylic painted paper & the word create is ink-jet printed on vellum with a halo-gold glitter, torn-deckle edge (1.5x3.5").
This item can be matted & framed, leaned against an easel or exhibited as is. I do not frame my work prior to selling them as framing is an individual option. Plus it keeps the shipping rate down.
This piece is painted in luminescent & metallic acrylics with a touch of gold-halo glitter, so it gives off a slightly irridescent, warm & golden glow. It is a piece of art as well as a spiritual or healing tool!
As a tool, each labyrinth can be "finger walked" or traced as a form of meditation, grounding, journeying and more...
"We are all on the path... exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path" -Unknown
I was 20 yrs old and it was my first full day in New Zealand back packing / hitch hiking on my first adventure away from home. I found myself, alone, in the middle of nowhere ... no buildings, cars or people. It was sunny and peaceful. I had no idea where I would end up that day. I must have been a little nervous as I'd never hitch hiked before. But I don't remember being nervous ... just extremely calm.
I was concentrating on the horizontal lines circling the hills ahead of me and thinking about the generations of sheep that had created those indents grazing and walking around the hills .... and how these little trails had been there before I was born and would be there long after I was gone.
The experience I had that day was ... well, for just a few moments ... I WAS EVERYWHERE AND I KNEW EVERYTHING. It was not frightening. It felt natural and yet very, very different and more powerful than anything I'd ever known before. It was hugely satisfying. There was no sense of any supreme being ... just great peace and understanding.
I am convinced that Bruce Cockburn has had a similar experience as he writes:
"Thousand-year-old petroglyphs doing a double take
Pointing a finger at eternity
I'm sitting in the middle of this ecstasy ...
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me"
What I'm saying is ... ' thinking about eternity' seems to be one of the many triggers for such an experience. Some women giving birth report it too ... thinking about all the women before them and those who will come after them .... labouring.
But my main trigger, that day, would be the lines on the hill I was studying. It's as if that pattern does something to the brain. Japanese Zen practioners rake sand into similar patterns then sit and meditate on the design. And Roger Banister (the Miracle Mile) reported an experience he had running on a beach where the tide left ridges in the sand identical to my sheep lines and the Japanese raked sand.
The bottom image is the St James's labyrinth. It is said that walking a labyrinth is, itself, part of a mystical tradition.
Not my photos
In the labyrinth following main topics of the collection are on display: works from the prehistoric and Luristan Amlasch, from the early China, from the Han and Tang Ming period and from the Khmer Empire. The art of the 20th Century is represented with works by Hans Arp, Lovis Corinth, Jean Fautrier, Gotthard Graubner, Raymond Hains, Heerich, Francis Picabia and Kurt Schwitters.
a beautiful labyrinth at the Fatima Retreat House in Indianapolis
created by John Ritter of Paxworks using colored & stamped concrete
Some Friends from Southern East Anglia Area Meeting at their bi-annual conference guiding each other around the Jericho labyrinth. This year the conference was held at High Leigh, the former home of Robert Barclay, a Quaker banker in the City of London. When he died in 1921 the house was sold to be a Christian conference centre.
One of 270 unique enamel artworks by Mark Wallinger placed at each station on the London Underground. 'Square' type labyrinth. Shepherd's Bush, 8th December 2016.
One of 270 unique enamel artworks by Mark Wallinger placed at each station on the London Underground. 'Chamfered' type labyrinth. Edgware Road (Bakerloo), 17th March 2016.
me seen by him
I see my memories in black and white
they are neglected by space and time
I store all my days in boxes
and left my whishes so far behind
I find my only salvation in playing hide and seek in this labyrinth
and my sense of connection
is lost like the sound of my steps
is lost like the sound of my steps.
©Mauro Brancorsini
El laberinto de la catedral de Chartres ( catholicsouthernfront.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/chartre... ). Típica obra humana. ¿Por qué preferimos dar vueltas o incluso perdernos a alcanzar directamente lo que deseamos? ¿Por qué nos gusta complicar las cosas? La línea que separa la inteligencia y la estupidez es muy sutil y, desde luego, no es recta.
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The labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral ( catholicsouthernfront.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/chartre... ).
A typical human work. Why do we prefer going around or even getting lost to reach directly what we desire? Why do we like to complicate things? The line that divides intelligence and stupidity is very thin and, surely, not a straight one.
This image is Hoggle's scene from my updated project "Jim Henson's Labyrinth the Movie" on LEGO Ideas: ideas.lego.com/projects/96294/updates. The new scene has a pond and Hoggle's fairy sprayer! If you like it, please support and share the project!
From the Lord of Grace prayer retreat, April 20, 2024.
I can't take any of the credit for this; it was my wonderful and super-talented prayer team that set all this up, including making the laybyrinth from scratch. I'm hoping they can make this simple morning event an annual thing.