tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30653081626681176432024-03-21T16:31:34.926-07:00Reflective Peace at Rivoli Park LabyrinthThis blog describes the events and background of this community space for reflection that was dedicated October 10, 2013. The Rivoli Park Labyrinth is a place of peace and subtle beauty nestled in an urban neighborhood. You can find it in the 900 block of N Kealing Ave on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 46201.basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-55431581552148899032016-09-27T17:37:00.003-07:002020-09-28T11:25:36.175-07:00On Peace Day<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 3.6rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 52px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 376.969px;">
On Peace Day</h1>
<div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Posted on <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2016/09/27/on-peace-day/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="12:03 pm">September 27, 2016</a><span class="byline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by <span class="author vcard" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://shawndramiller.com/author/marleysno1mum/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts by Shawndra Miller">Shawndra Miller</a> (reblogged from www.shawndramiller.com)</span></span></div>
</header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
This was my favorite moment of the Peace Day gathering last week at Rivoli Park Labyrinth: when young Elijah piped up with an innocent question. He’s 9, and his mother Alicia Oskay was leading us in some gentle postures and breathing. When she mentioned how yoga brings more peacefulness, in keeping with<a href="http://internationaldayofpeace.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">International Day of Peace</a>, Elijah stage whispered, “Is that a thing?”</div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3276" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 26px auto; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 890px;">
<img alt="img_5090-880x1024" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3276" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_5090-880x1024.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Alicia and her son Elijah modeling hip stretches.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Why yes, young sir. Your mother did not make it up. This Peace Day business is for real. According to the website, “Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
International Day of Peace is observed around the world each year on September 21st, ever since it was established in 1981 by a unanimous United Nations resolution. In recent years, people observing the day have begun using the hashtag #peaceday to share stories of random acts of kindness and inspirational quotes on social media.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Locally, about 25 people came together at Rivoli Park Labyrinth to mark the day. This <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/07/vacant-lot-becomes-community-space/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">pocket park in a vacant lot, </a>founded by Lisa Boyles, has hosted many other <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2016/05/21/walking-as-one/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">meaningful gatherings.</a></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3294" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="img_5088-1024x768" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3294" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_5088-1024x768.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
View of the labyrinth from my forward bend.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
After yoga, Lisa invited all of us to make #PeaceDay signs for our walk through the Rivoli Park neighborhood with local law enforcement. (For everyone making a sign, she banked a half hour on <a href="http://timebankindy.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">TimeBank Indy</a>, our local hours-bartering exchange network.)</div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3305" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 26px auto; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 586px;">
<img alt="20160921_175955-576x1024" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3305" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/20160921_175955-576x1024.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Elijah shows the poster he and his mother created.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Both the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff’s Department were represented in our little march. We drew honks and waves and fist pumps from passing drivers, and one woman on foot offered several God-bless-yous.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3315" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="img_5097-1024x768" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3315" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_5097-1024x768.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Getting ready to walk the neighborhood.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
We returned to the pocket park to share food and conversation, and walk the labyrinth at our leisure. For more details on the day, find an<a href="http://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/life/2016/09/21/east-side-community-celebrates-international-day-of-peace/90809242/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> IndyStar photo essay here</a>.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Lisa has coordinated the labyrinth’s fans into <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2014/11/04/many-hands/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">various neighborhood projects</a> over the years. Coming up this week is <a href="http://indydoday.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Indy Do Day</a>—an annual three-day citywide service blitz, set for Sept. 29, 30, and Oct. 1. The Rivoli Park Labyrinth was installed on Indy Do Day on October 10, 2013.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“I would like the tradition of doing service and giving back to continue,” she says, emphasizing that everyone is encouraged to find an Indy Do Day opportunity to spread some good in the community. She herself plans to offer her time packing snack bags for children in a low-income neighborhood alongside a group called #gRoE , Inc.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Projects like these can be found by searching the website of <a href="http://indydoday.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Indy Do Day</a>.</div>
</div>
<footer class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This entry was posted in <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/category/community/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Community</a> and tagged <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/peaceday/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">#PeaceDay</a>,<a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/consciousness-shift/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">consciousness shift</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/international-day-of-peace/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">International Day of Peace</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/labyrinth/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Labyrinth</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/mindfulness/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">mindfulness</a>,<a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/peace/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">peace</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/rivoli-park/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Rivoli Park</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/rivoli-park-labyrinth/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Rivoli Park Labyrinth</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/service/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Service</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/voluntarism/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Voluntarism</a>,<a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/volunteering/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Volunteering</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/yoga/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Yoga</a>. Bookmark the <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2016/09/27/on-peace-day/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Permalink to On Peace Day">permalink</a>.</footer>basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-72033009342882803692016-09-27T17:35:00.002-07:002020-09-28T11:25:24.623-07:00Pollination Takes Many Forms<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 3.6rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 52px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 376.969px;">
Pollination Takes Many Forms</h1>
<div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Posted on <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2016/07/19/pollination-takes-many-forms/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="6:29 pm">July 19, 2016</a><span class="byline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by <span class="author vcard" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://shawndramiller.com/author/marleysno1mum/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts by Shawndra Miller">Shawndra Miller</a> (reblogged from www.shawndramiller.com)</span></span></div>
</header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Recently a group of middle-schoolers from <a href="http://ednamartincc.ning.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Edna Martin Christian Center</a>‘s teen program came to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rplabyrinth/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rivoli Park Labyrinth</a> to find out what the pocket park is all about.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2889" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="IMG_4988 (1024x749)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2889" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_4988-1024x749.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Walking the labyrinth</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The park’s founder, Lisa Boyles, led the youth on a walk through the labyrinth, which is beautifully ringed by wildflowers this summer.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2886" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="IMG_4960 (1024x769)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2886" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_4960-1024x769.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
bumblebee</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Sharp-eyed kids spotted some of the critters that make the park their home.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2891" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="IMG_4972 (1024x767)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2891" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_4972-1024x767.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
on the butterfly bush</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
As a <a href="http://www.nwf.org/Home/Garden-For-Wildlife.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">certified wildlife habitat</a>, the park provides food, cover, water, and nesting places for creeping and flying insects, toads, birds, and small mammals–and it is managed with sustainable gardening practices that are wildlife-friendly. (Lisa recently saw a falcon with a mouse in its talons, high in one of the trees.)</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2893" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="IMG_4995 (1024x768)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2893" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_4995-1024x768.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
View from the butterfly bush</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
After the walk we talked about why it’s so important to support pollinators … without which it would be difficult to find actual food. When one of the boys said something about licking a flower, we picked red clover petals so everyone could try a sip of nectar. Tasty!</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Soon the park will be designated a <a href="http://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Monarch Waystation</a> with the addition of milkweed, which monarch caterpillars eat. The kids got to sow milkweed seeds in small pots to take home and start their own monarch-friendly habitats.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2901" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 523px;">
<img alt="IMG_5006 (767x1024)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2901" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_5006-767x10241.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Starting milkweed seed in peat pots.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Each teen also went home with a kit to make a butterfly feeder and instructions to make more nectar (1 part sugar to 1 part water, heated until sugar dissolves, then cooled).</div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2960" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 26px auto; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 572px;">
<img alt="A simple butterfly feeder." class="size-large wp-image-2960" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/20160712_213113.jpg?w=562&h=309" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
A simple butterfly feeder.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Lisa notes that you can also attract butterflies with <span class="il" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fruit</span>. Butterflies are reported to love oranges, watermelons, mangoes, kiwis and apples. F<span class="il" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ruit</span> slices can be put on a plate with some water, or they can also be added to the sugar water feeders for added variety for the butterflies.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Pollination takes many forms. Insects pollinate flowers, while a woman like Lisa pollinates young lives by sharing a quiet space in the middle of the city’s hubbub.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2939" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="IMG_4993 (1024x768)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2939" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_4993-1024x7681.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
A contemplative moment in the center of the labyrinth</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
All are welcome to explore Rivoli Park Labyrinth’s beauty, spread a blanket for a picnic, or walk the labyrinth anytime between dawn and dusk.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
For more information on creating a certified wildlife habitat, see the <a href="http://www.nwf.org/Home/Garden-For-Wildlife.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">National Wildlife Federation’s Gardening for Wildlife site.</a></div>
</div>
<footer class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This entry was posted in <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/category/community/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Community</a> and tagged <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/certified-wildlife-habitat/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Certified wildlife habitat</a>,<a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/environmental-education/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Environmental Education</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/labyrinth/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Labyrinth</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/mindful-walking/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Mindful walking</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/mindfulness/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">mindfulness</a>,<a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/national-wildlife-federation/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">National Wildlife Federation</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/pollinators/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Pollinators</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/rivoli-park-labyrinth/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Rivoli Park Labyrinth</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/youth-engagement/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Youth Engagement</a>. Bookmark the <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2016/07/19/pollination-takes-many-forms/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Permalink to Pollination Takes Many Forms">permalink</a>.</footer>basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-83401207532549138232016-09-27T17:32:00.005-07:002020-09-28T11:25:12.975-07:00Walking as One<br />
<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 3.6rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 52px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 376.969px;">
Walking As One</h1>
<div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Posted on <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2016/05/21/walking-as-one/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11:02 am">May 21, 2016</a><span class="byline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by <span class="author vcard" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://shawndramiller.com/author/marleysno1mum/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts by Shawndra Miller">Shawndra Miller</a> (reblogged from www.shawndramiller.com)</span></span></div>
</header><br />
<div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Walking is a time-honored way to meditate, ruminate, and otherwise seek clarity. Walking a labyrinth gives each footstep even more meaning. And walking in community brings added sweetness to the experience.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
On World Labyrinth Day, May 7, people all over the world gathered to “walk as one at 1” in the afternoon. The idea behind this annual event, according to the <a href="https://labyrinthsociety.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Labyrinth Society</a>, is to “create a wave of peaceful energy washing across the time zones.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rplabyrinth/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rivoli Park Labyrinth</a> hosted a potluck and group walk, representing the local community on a day when some 200 public events took place across the globe. An intermittent drizzle didn’t keep us from sharing soup and salad while we made new connections and renewed old acquaintanceships. At 1 it was time to drift into the circle of the labyrinth as we each felt ready.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2581" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="20160507_131234 (1024x576)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2581" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/20160507_131234-1024x576.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Walking the labyrinth as one</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
I had never participated in a communal labyrinth walk before, and I found it quite lovely to share the labyrinth with others. Each in our own space and yet connected, some chatting, some silent. Sometimes meeting on the path and clasping a hand as we passed each other with a smile. At one point I found myself walking next to an acquaintance who gave off motherly vibes, and I impulsively decided to take her hand until our paths diverged.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
When I enter the sacred space of a labyrinth, I like to set an intention or ask a question. My intention for this particular labyrinth walk: To take nourishment from all quarters. I was feeling depleted after a busy week and several short nights. The meal we shared was one source of sustenance, and I wanted to see if I could also be nourished by the air, the rain, the soil, the plants, and the beings around me, both human and nonhuman—and the movement of walking itself.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2585" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="20160507_132217 (1024x576)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2585" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/20160507_132217-1024x576.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
The boulder in the center is a perfect resting spot.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Afterwards, I did feel restored.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
What makes this labyrinth unique is the fact that it is a pocket park situated on a vacant lot in the heart of the city, a public space developed and managed by volunteers. Lisa Boyles, Rivoli Park’s founder, strives to bring people together through art, so the park has numerous community-made art pieces displayed. (Note the paintings on the fence in the photo above.)</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2589" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="20160507_125954 (1024x576)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2589" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/20160507_125954-1024x576.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Walkers can record their thoughts in a log book at the start/end point of the labyrinth. Lisa sees the logbook as a way to encourage reflection and sharing, and to build community among solitary walkers as well.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
In fact, creative expression is built into the design of the labyrinth itself.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2595" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="20160507_123049 (1024x576)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2595" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/20160507_123049-1024x576.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
The “pole of possibility”</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
According to Lisa, the pole at the entrance to the labyrinth marks one of three “focus points” in the labyrinth. Volunteers from 2015’s<a href="http://indydoday.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;"> Indy Do Day </a>(citywide service day) decorated the bricks. “The poles at the three focus points,” she says, “were handmade expressly for the purpose they are serving now as delineators of the focus points. This tall one at the entrance of the labyrinth I like to call the ‘pole of possibility.’”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
In keeping with the art theme, Lisa invited the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/98138856839/photos/pcb.10154567138256840/10154567135951840/?type=3" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">“Seeds of Common Sound” music bus</a> to take part. On board the bus, we could add to communal art pieces, play instruments, and get inspired.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2599" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1034px;">
<img alt="20160507_140652 (1024x576)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2599" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/20160507_140652-1024x576.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Communal art on board the music bus</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Care for creatures is another role of this labyrinth, as it was just designated a certified wildlife habitat. Here is our little group with the plaque.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<img alt="20160507_125639 (1024x576)" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2603" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/20160507_125639-1024x576.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px -7px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
I plan to visit Rivoli Park often over the growing season to watch the plant, animal, and insect life flourish there. And to seek nourishment for my soul in this place of quiet reflection.</div>
</div>
<br />
<footer class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This entry was posted in <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/category/community/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Community</a> and tagged <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/certified-wildlife-habitat/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Certified wildlife habitat</a>,<a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/consciousness-shift/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">consciousness shift</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/do-it-with-others/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Do-it-with-others</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/indiana/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Indiana</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/labyrinth/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Labyrinth</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/labyrinth-society/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Labyrinth Society</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/mindful-walking/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Mindful walking</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/mindfulness/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">mindfulness</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/placemaking/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Placemaking</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/public-art/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Public art</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/public-space/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Public space</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/rivoli-park-labyrinth/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Rivoli Park Labyrinth</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/seeds-of-common-sound-music-bus/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Seeds of Common Sound music bus</a>, <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/tag/world-labyrinth-day/" rel="tag" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">World Labyrinth Day</a>. Bookmark the <a href="https://shawndramiller.com/2016/05/21/walking-as-one/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Permalink to Walking As One">permalink</a>.</footer>basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-70182020111008740992015-12-04T15:37:00.002-08:002020-09-28T11:25:00.648-07:00Living Proof<br />
<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 3.6rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 52px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 346.172px;">
Living Proof</h1>
<div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Posted on <a href="http://shawndramiller.com/2015/08/06/living-proof/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="12:05 pm">August 6, 2015</a><span class="byline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by <span class="author vcard" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="http://shawndramiller.com/author/marleysno1mum/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts by Shawndra Miller">Shawndra Miller</a> (reblogged from www.shawndramiller.com)</span></span></div>
</header><br />
<div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Yesterday at <a href="http://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/07/vacant-lot-becomes-community-space/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Rivoli Park Labyrinth</a>, I met up with a riotous party of plants, insects, and birds.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The park, which formed on a vacant lot thanks to community organizer <a href="https://rivoliparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/author/basilheart/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;">Lisa Boyles</a>, has gotten overgrown this rainy summer—but it is also a haven for life.</div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2362" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 26px auto; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;">
<a href="http://chiotsrun.com/2009/08/12/beneficalplants-queen-annes-lace/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt=""Queen Anne’s Lace provides beneficial nectar to insects during this dry part of the summer when they don’t have many options. Caterpillars of the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly eat the leaves, bees and other insects drink the nectar, and predatory insects, such as the Green Lacewing, come to Queen Anne’s Lace to attack prey, such as aphids" according to Chiot's Run. (Click photo for more.)" class="size-full wp-image-2362" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/queen-anne.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
“Queen Anne’s Lace provides beneficial nectar to insects… Caterpillars of the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly eat the leaves… and predatory insects come to Queen Anne’s Lace to attack prey,” according to Chiot’s Run. (Click photo for more.)</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Some plants we call weeds and others we call ornamentals. Some we consider natives, wildflowers, edibles, or another elevated status. Some we designate as invasive, others as desirable.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
What I realized yesterday: These divisions are more important to humans than the rest of nature, which seeks its own balance.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The plants called “weeds” are the ones we pull out. Still, the grasshoppers, bees, and spiders find food and shelter on plants of all stripes. They are the epitome of nonjudgment, our guides in an insectile anti-labeling initiative.</div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2363" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 26px auto; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;">
<a href="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/pollinator.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Friendly pollinator" class="size-full wp-image-2363" src="https://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/pollinator.jpg?w=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Friendly pollinator</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
So often I am quick to judge something good or bad.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Just now I went to strike that sentence, gauging it too trite! As testament to my new commitment to allowing things to be messy and imperfect, I am leaving it there.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Lisa and I talked about this very thing: In my writing, I declared my intent to finish my book while letting go of the need for it to be “perfect, balanced, and comprehensive.” Lisa swept her arm toward the “weedy” labyrinth and said, “Here’s living proof that a project doesn’t have to be perfect—just look at it!”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
What I saw: voluptuous plants abuzz with happy pollinators. Abundant living entities in ongoing conversation, all encircling the glorious hibiscus at the center. The idea of perfection doesn’t really apply when we’re partnering with life, does it? So it can be with writing.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
I told Lisa that the labyrinth didn’t have to reach some ideal in order to be a marvelous contribution to the community. Uh, hello. Maybe I should write that down and stick it on my computer monitor.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Repeat after me: <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We don’t have to reach some ideal in order to be a marvelous contribution!</em></div>
</div>
basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-57215208686081651692015-12-04T15:34:00.002-08:002020-09-28T11:24:43.866-07:00Vacant Lot Becomes Community Space<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 3.6rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 52px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 346.172px;">
<span style="font-size: 3.6rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Vacant Lot Becomes Community Space</span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Posted on <a href="http://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/07/vacant-lot-becomes-community-space/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="3:00 pm">October 7, 2013</a><span class="byline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by <span class="author vcard" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="url fn n" href="http://shawndramiller.com/author/resilienceguestblogger/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts by resilienceguestblogger">resilienceguestblogger</a></span></span></div>
</header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #323232; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Originally posted on www.shawndramiller.com</em></div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Guest post by Lisa Boyles</em></div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
My vision is to give purpose to a vacant lot. Where once stood abandoned houses, there will be a reflection space with a labyrinth and a community art installation.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
In June 2013, we brought light to this space on the longest day of the year with a circle gathering and a modified sun salutation series. The children at this gathering helped decorate a stepping stone for the labyrinth entrance.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Since the summer, various people have joined me at this lot on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis. We have prepared the ground, moved bricks, unloaded wood, and removed trees. It is enlivening to get in touch with the dirt and have ruddy cheeks from working so hard outside.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1231" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 759px;">
<a href="http://www.rplabyrinth.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-1231" height="562" src="http://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/invasive-tree.jpg?w=749&h=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="749" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Gordon removing an invasive tree.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The transformation from empty lot to Rivoli Park Labyrinth is primarily funded through a community action grant from <a href="http://peacelearningcenter.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Peace Learning Center</a>‘s<a href="http://www.infocus2020.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Focus2020</a> initiative.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The vision of Focus2020 is to create an engaged and inclusive city. I was one of several grant awardees at the beginning of September. The collective effect of these grants will be seen throughout the city over the course of the next year. The Peace Learning Center offers workshops so that more people can become Focus 2020 graduates.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1239" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 759px;">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/paxworks" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="John Ridder of Paxworks: the Labyrinth Shop created the triune focus design of the Rivoli Park Labyrinth. Logo by Susan Williams Boyles." class=" wp-image-1239 " height="562" src="http://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/bricks-aaron-logo-009.jpg?w=749&h=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="749" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
John Ridder of Paxworks: the Labyrinth Shop created the triune focus design of the Rivoli Park Labyrinth. Logo by Susan Williams Boyles.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The Rivoli Park Labyrinth project brings the international labyrinth movement to an urban neighborhood setting. Our space will be listed in the<a href="http://labyrinthlocator.com/home" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">worldwide labyrinth locator</a>, putting the eastside of Indianapolis on the labyrinth map.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
To offset the often solitary nature of walking a labyrinth, this project also includes a healthy dose of community celebrations. For example, on May 3, 2014, we will celebrate <a href="http://labyrinthsociety.org/world-labyrinth-day" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">World Labyrinth Day</a>. And workdays at the site include a potluck to celebrate our growing community.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1234" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 759px;">
<a href="http://www.rplabyrinth.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Aaron, James and the neighborhood cat moving a young tree to a new place to make room for the labyrinth." class=" wp-image-1234 " height="562" src="http://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/moving-tree.jpg?w=749&h=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="749" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Aaron, James and the neighborhood cat moving a young tree to make room for the winding path of the labyrinth.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Many partnerships are arising from this effort to give purpose to a vacant lot. One example of that synergy involves the documentation of the upcoming Oct. 10 workday (part of <a href="http://indydoday.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Indy Do Day</a>). A<a href="http://www.kiecocenter.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">KI EcoCenter </a>videography intern is mentoring another young man that he met through this project. We can’t wait to see their collaborative videography of the workday, when volunteers will place bricks outlining the labyrinth path.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Meanwhile, the soil needs repairing and we plan to use <a href="http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/hugelkultur-the-ultimate-raised-garden-bed" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">hugelkultur </a>to do it. We’ll mound soil and compost over woody debris and put our plantings on top of that mass. Permaculture designer Katherine Boyles Ogawa says, “Hugelkultur is an ideal method for urban lots where the soils are usually very compacted and often contaminated with heavy metals.”</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1232" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 759px;">
<a href="http://www.rplabyrinth.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Permaculture designer Katherine supervises unloading of logs for hugelkultur." class=" wp-image-1232" height="562" src="http://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/hugekulture.jpg?w=749&h=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="749" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Permaculture designer Katherine supervises unloading of logs for hugelkultur.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
We hope to eventually make the space into a certified wildlife habitat through the National Wildlife Federation.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Another goal is to display artwork and illustrated quotes along the fence. Panels would be created by special education students at the nearby public school and the art group at Midtown Community Mental Health Center.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1233" style="border: 1px solid rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.8); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; max-width: 96%; outline: 0px; padding: 13px 8px 3px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 759px;">
<a href="http://www.rplabyrinth.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Sarah donating paint for the community art wall " class=" wp-image-1233 " height="562" src="http://shawndramiller.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/sarah.jpg?w=749&h=562" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 3px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="749" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Serif', Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
Sarah, a fellow Focus 2020 workshop participant, donating paint for the community art wall.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The community art aspect of the project is being funded through <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/rplabyrinth" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">this crowdsourcing site.</a></div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
We would love to have you join us in celebrating a year of this project coming into being on the summer solstice, June 21, 2014.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 26px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Like the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rplabyrinth" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rivoli Park Labyrinth Indianapolis</a> Facebook page to see project news. Join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/684764804873591/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rivoli Park Labyrinth community group</a> to collaborate with others and be invited to the annual celebration. We will post monthly featurettes and more detailed updates on our <a href="http://www.rplabyrinth.blogspot.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #0d3d9b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">blog</a>.</div>
</div>
basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-50385454561134378432014-04-15T11:04:00.003-07:002020-09-28T11:24:31.710-07:00Successful Service Day at Rivoli Park LabyrinthOn April 12th, 2014 a fine group of volunteers from <a href="http://www.proactcp.org/">Pro(Act) Community Partnerships, Inc</a> assembled to devote their Saturday to service at the Rivoli Park Labyrinth on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis. You can view more photos of our workday at www.facebook.com/rplabyrinth<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegJ4KbsDQZXmpT5q1mPT7a373Qridi-DycBHXFq_2yv9uoOvng2MmouEp2PVRXIVsboUEM6df1ajjd4zwfeRtco9ffu5WTbxMGZOoz5OHA52E1aPEZ2yDRYk4Jfr8qpjPHpp2eYK7L1s/s1600/April+2014+red+camera+026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegJ4KbsDQZXmpT5q1mPT7a373Qridi-DycBHXFq_2yv9uoOvng2MmouEp2PVRXIVsboUEM6df1ajjd4zwfeRtco9ffu5WTbxMGZOoz5OHA52E1aPEZ2yDRYk4Jfr8qpjPHpp2eYK7L1s/s1600/April+2014+red+camera+026.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
The mission of Pro(Act) is to activate and equip youth for service. Through weekly service projects these youth learn values such as integrity, humility and confidence. We saw many young leaders emerge from the crews that worked on the landscaping needs at the Rivoli Park Labyrinth this weekend.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiVO3BGLcxBzjrqkFrTn9xlWdteCigGousLFEzjOLYIRk3jmthh4SI4jaBxTmf43Ilyo91NQl4AZCQGst_Fgzd4-W6WvMVO6s4m87wFOfV6tJ2cUrfTpPbjEjYUFlEmAj3oKCQwbXYko/s1600/April+2014+red+camera+040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiVO3BGLcxBzjrqkFrTn9xlWdteCigGousLFEzjOLYIRk3jmthh4SI4jaBxTmf43Ilyo91NQl4AZCQGst_Fgzd4-W6WvMVO6s4m87wFOfV6tJ2cUrfTpPbjEjYUFlEmAj3oKCQwbXYko/s1600/April+2014+red+camera+040.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The plan is to plant bushes that attract butterflies on these berms that the youth helped to create. The mulch that is being laid down in the labyrinth path will make the path more welcoming to visitors. All the work that was done by the forty some volunteers on Saturday prepared the way for our upcoming event to commemorate World Labyrinth Day. On May 3rd at 1 o'clock we hope that you will join us in walking the Rivoli Park Labyrinth. You are also invited to stay and view the community art installation and participate in an art activity as well.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This awesome day of service was an outgrowth of the friendships that have come into being because of the Focus 2020 initiative of the Peace Learning Center. Derrin Slack and Ed Stites were leaders of the volunteer crew during our day of service.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_An0cvfCnO17qeE5vNGpXqzBpfcQ2DpYXFG_cN3ubTsIJte_su6ilRfyHke3PL1hKCQTg1NTiQkk026icwAe4wrB4B-w5cR5pJUGVOHND5yGU2MLK7ZYQRbP6IPsBvKqGJXCoGjrf2Jk/s1600/April+2014+red+camera+054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_An0cvfCnO17qeE5vNGpXqzBpfcQ2DpYXFG_cN3ubTsIJte_su6ilRfyHke3PL1hKCQTg1NTiQkk026icwAe4wrB4B-w5cR5pJUGVOHND5yGU2MLK7ZYQRbP6IPsBvKqGJXCoGjrf2Jk/s1600/April+2014+red+camera+054.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Derrin as executive director of Pro(Act) and Ed Stites as the director of community outreach at Recycle Force also received community action grants through Focus 2020. Partnerships supporting each other's respective missions, such as this service day, among the Focus 2020 grantee cohort have assisted in making Indianapolis a more engaged city. Follow this <a href="http://www.infocus2020.org/">link</a> to learn more about how you can be a part of the community action that is happening because of Focus 2020.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-53616229793465325752014-03-08T12:31:00.001-08:002020-09-28T11:24:20.439-07:00By the end of March, twenty-one wood panels, decorated by artists throughout the community, will be ready to be installed on this fence that stands by the Rivoli Park Labyrinth.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnxqp4156HDWU4ZMw1-UhGSO2nJ1lCtS5VLuDxq7IrXG-KJI_dlDZEd0cb78TRqddOSjSljRVVokAe-SGNcMMwezI39QuRa2rd7B0FBYYOgCiriSgw_3wpKP8Q4i3U2x4zwUtrB_Zrcg/s1600/go+fund+me+cover+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnxqp4156HDWU4ZMw1-UhGSO2nJ1lCtS5VLuDxq7IrXG-KJI_dlDZEd0cb78TRqddOSjSljRVVokAe-SGNcMMwezI39QuRa2rd7B0FBYYOgCiriSgw_3wpKP8Q4i3U2x4zwUtrB_Zrcg/s1600/go+fund+me+cover+001.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The community art installation will be hung for public viewing year round. I am so grateful to all the artists who have contributed their talents towards beautifying this outdoor labyrinth space. I prepared the panels so that they would co-ordinate no matter how uniquely the artists chose to decorate them. The circles suggest the outer edge of the labyrinth itself and facilitated the use of natural curves. Some artists have even created mandalas in the circle provided.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hXdytHlql7S4Etpr7-I_jvAP9D4Oi04JlCc09nCm_RE5PudGNl94-5vP-792iSVr0ScX6c4x9-g8uftn5smW9r3CkifchC3lVlaGITwVab4ytsCqnby2WDk5GTYMe-vol_7nsNWcl7c/s1600/Art+group+panels+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hXdytHlql7S4Etpr7-I_jvAP9D4Oi04JlCc09nCm_RE5PudGNl94-5vP-792iSVr0ScX6c4x9-g8uftn5smW9r3CkifchC3lVlaGITwVab4ytsCqnby2WDk5GTYMe-vol_7nsNWcl7c/s1600/Art+group+panels+002.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Several of the artists go to the nearby elementary school, Brookside. Here is a student working intently on finishing her panel. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QFj4C4XxX_Tt1jrwccZFF6y4fsMAJwKAhCT4fmlxfPEbVqa2Bj0Ir2rjKRkHfctbn1FzUt4k40efx76eRHJ9MVjdoSj-z5fov9jUSQAiSNiHSjUiH3Pa13k93fxpFKLRlpnxMU0EQrM/s1600/art+panels+and+9th+graffiti+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QFj4C4XxX_Tt1jrwccZFF6y4fsMAJwKAhCT4fmlxfPEbVqa2Bj0Ir2rjKRkHfctbn1FzUt4k40efx76eRHJ9MVjdoSj-z5fov9jUSQAiSNiHSjUiH3Pa13k93fxpFKLRlpnxMU0EQrM/s1600/art+panels+and+9th+graffiti+004.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Another group of adult artists that contributed their artistic talents participate in a community art class. Here is our teacher, Chris Tower, working on creating a panel for the art installation as well.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNhlG7HiqpRcLj9SofSH5M4rBqT2audF8XAG2vkCumrxjq4PtdMAqvLmn_B_U1Uz9JbCxiSsJpT73ANI03-pdoepQmXes4LLdx2xJTwWvAhYOEwqbnQgmL38ZJSf62RGspVy54Rg3bvE/s1600/Art+group+panels+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNhlG7HiqpRcLj9SofSH5M4rBqT2audF8XAG2vkCumrxjq4PtdMAqvLmn_B_U1Uz9JbCxiSsJpT73ANI03-pdoepQmXes4LLdx2xJTwWvAhYOEwqbnQgmL38ZJSf62RGspVy54Rg3bvE/s1600/Art+group+panels+006.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Several more individual artists are completing panels to be ready for installation. Most of the artists are using nature as their inspiration to interpret the words community, reflection, and peace. The Rivoli Park Labyrinth strives to be a place of peace and reflection in the community. Some artists are basing their painting on a thoughtful quote. My picture below is a waterfall with a rainbow emanating from it to depict the word renewal.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfho6WtiV3i9gHUriclrxUtTakasPAvW3Khh9_Tnw5LipFnuJ3hLVepqaP_UOjSCKfRjRtukMrVD3fJ8Ur811-Jel7v2QYz6oVDn68ryLESxQpLHYchXoiuqQ5_8czywXgVHso0R6p_M/s1600/Art+group+panels+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfho6WtiV3i9gHUriclrxUtTakasPAvW3Khh9_Tnw5LipFnuJ3hLVepqaP_UOjSCKfRjRtukMrVD3fJ8Ur811-Jel7v2QYz6oVDn68ryLESxQpLHYchXoiuqQ5_8czywXgVHso0R6p_M/s1600/Art+group+panels+008.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have posted more photos of the completed panels on the Rivoli Park Labyrinth Indianapolis public Facebook page, www.facebook.com/rplabyrinth. The best way to see them all is to come to the community art installation opening on World Labyrinth Day, May 3rd, 2014. We will have a facilitated walk of the Rivoli Park Labyrinth at 1 pm and the opening right after the walk. The purpose of World Labyrinth Day, which happens every year on the first Saturday of May, is to have people around the world walk their labyrinth at the same time in a gesture of unity. If you would like to join us, please contact me at basilheart@gmail.com.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-13465801125802786822013-11-20T10:36:00.001-08:002020-09-28T11:23:56.394-07:00I have been waiting to write my second blog post until I could say that the labyrinth was finished, but then I realized, it will never really be finished. There will always been new plants to plant or a focus point altar to be updated and people to invite to join in the community. Here is a picture of the stepping stone that was placed at the entrance of the labyrinth. It was made by children at a gathering in the space this past summer solstice.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VN-UGvJzIP5QgkxouuQ_eC8Oh4jjOm2VnlTcEQtohB6NLl7IpD1Ovg0MOyGw7n93rC5FU4LChBFVWfvFOkcP0eklUXuDqOTHvxN26rVdum-FXqzNYAX22Xz6POD5oqNARMEX3iZy8l0/s1600/Oct.+10th,+2013+062.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VN-UGvJzIP5QgkxouuQ_eC8Oh4jjOm2VnlTcEQtohB6NLl7IpD1Ovg0MOyGw7n93rC5FU4LChBFVWfvFOkcP0eklUXuDqOTHvxN26rVdum-FXqzNYAX22Xz6POD5oqNARMEX3iZy8l0/s320/Oct.+10th,+2013+062.jpg" /></a>
We did have a dedication of the Rivoli Park Labyrinth on October 10th, 2013. As part of Indy Do Day, more than a dozen people helped place bricks to mark the outline of the path. Fox 59 filmed the installation live on the 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock news as part of their coverage of service projects going on throughout the city. Tim Nation, leader of the Peace Learning Center and the Focus 2020 initiative that funded this project, joined us as we walked the path when it was just marked out with white paint on the dirt. Neighbors, family, and volunteers from the group, Evolver Indianapolis, were part of the crew that participated in the installation.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb50PrrzbHFQfW9C4M1MP7qczPaC8_9kbO_7kMuhjFm6qlM-hfZBHV6_KP1JHXV2vieGMFEnOI979vE4GPuOS2u36KBANAS8CZJU8MwoGDL1JqqzR-c6rcNfFbDFLR4oPtYnMU0ztTsR4/s1600/Oct.+10th,+2013+smart+phone+037.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb50PrrzbHFQfW9C4M1MP7qczPaC8_9kbO_7kMuhjFm6qlM-hfZBHV6_KP1JHXV2vieGMFEnOI979vE4GPuOS2u36KBANAS8CZJU8MwoGDL1JqqzR-c6rcNfFbDFLR4oPtYnMU0ztTsR4/s320/Oct.+10th,+2013+smart+phone+037.jpg" /></a>
The path of the labyrinth is a focus triune design created by John E. Ridder of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/paxworks">Paxworks: the Labyrinth Shop</a> . Dhyana Raynor and Katherine Ogawa Boyles marked out design, which was slightly altered to allow for circles of plants to be part of the labyrinth layout. Dhyana wrote the first entry in the log book for the labyrinth about finding the center of the path.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mP5nBvi5hAItCe8GCLTBCNksnhAe-mdLUCXE98xFCcjWdeopfr4-Nm81hG_CT3djfwEHJTI07YmE4zP9R5KNkjFmaUC6gP4Zzb34ELx7T_Z9ApWB_hpjgyOOTCr2HoirGaYHp6PfZRw/s1600/Oct.+10th,+2013+020.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mP5nBvi5hAItCe8GCLTBCNksnhAe-mdLUCXE98xFCcjWdeopfr4-Nm81hG_CT3djfwEHJTI07YmE4zP9R5KNkjFmaUC6gP4Zzb34ELx7T_Z9ApWB_hpjgyOOTCr2HoirGaYHp6PfZRw/s320/Oct.+10th,+2013+020.jpg" /></a>
To date nearly thirty people have walked the labyrinth and left a comment in the log book. They have spoken of the peace and beauty of the labyrinth and listed personal insights that they gained from their walk. Often illumination comes when one is at the center of a labyrinth. We installed a boulder at the center that can be used for sitting and contemplating.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrwBOj_5B_Ty8BSr2iB1hCBxhqD7lvfw6MsKGOj53vsTHoA9Mb92F5pstMSEHIBNxApp0IjjKy5jJhjPi_6cQXoRzjI38pIkmi64MjRVayIc9PLb3UXOuZYNTqW_wx8HIaI1-JT698Ds/s1600/boulders,+gg+birthday,+white+logo+009.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrwBOj_5B_Ty8BSr2iB1hCBxhqD7lvfw6MsKGOj53vsTHoA9Mb92F5pstMSEHIBNxApp0IjjKy5jJhjPi_6cQXoRzjI38pIkmi64MjRVayIc9PLb3UXOuZYNTqW_wx8HIaI1-JT698Ds/s320/boulders,+gg+birthday,+white+logo+009.jpg" /></a>
Work on the labyrinth continues. Mounds, known as berms in landscaping, are being created around the labyrinth using the hugelkultur technique that is popular in permaculture circles. We will plant native Indiana wildflower seeds in the labyrinth design right after we have a hard freeze. Another aspect of the project that is getting underway is the community art that will be installed in the space. Some money has been raised and been used to purchase the boards that we will be decorating. Two groups have been confirmed to create pieces to be displayed on the fence next to the labyrinth. Students in a self-contained classroom at School #54, which is less than a mile away, are going to create art and participants in a art group at Midtown Community Mental Health Center are going to lend their skills to the project as well. You can learn more at this crowdsourcing <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/rplabyrinth">website</a>, www.gofundme.com/rplabyrinth. It has been fun distributing thank you gifts of key chains, t-shirts and even original art to people who have donated. A supporter, modeling her new t-shirt before she walked the labyrinth. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjYkYgF96CgHau-exeSPFcV5LsaOcfEr7pT2T_SZXX53YD6amCq9Jj7WyD_RUgUxKJKfA-KFCAt7dIYFJDX7K637UdKdcqJwAlB0o1YmMku0ZG2A8FrTB3yDDTo5-HBoUdbpaEFpLAQ8/s1600/stuart+with+shirt,+james+with+cat+006.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjYkYgF96CgHau-exeSPFcV5LsaOcfEr7pT2T_SZXX53YD6amCq9Jj7WyD_RUgUxKJKfA-KFCAt7dIYFJDX7K637UdKdcqJwAlB0o1YmMku0ZG2A8FrTB3yDDTo5-HBoUdbpaEFpLAQ8/s320/stuart+with+shirt,+james+with+cat+006.jpg" /></a>
We plan to have a celebration in the space on World Labyrinth Day, which will be May 3rd, 2014 at 1 pm with twenty-one decorated panels installed on the fence for viewing. You can receive more updates by liking the Rivoli Park Labyrinth Indianapolis public page, www.facebook.com/rplabyrinth. Please do subscribe to the blog in the upper right hand corner of the page if you want to keep up with digest updates of the Rivoli Park Labyrinth project posted roughly once a season. I also wrote a guest blog post for Shawndra Miller, who is researching community resilience, at the beginning of October. I encourage you to read that post <a href="http://shawndramiller.com/2013/10/07vacant-lot-becomes-community-space">here</a>.
Thank you so much for being a part of the Rivoli Park Labyrinth community.basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065308162668117643.post-41541220981761095532013-09-04T17:55:00.004-07:002020-09-28T11:23:13.022-07:00A year ago it was just a dream. Now it is becoming a reality.In the summer of 2012 I learned that the vacant lot next to my house would be up for sale. I knew that I wanted to find a way to become more deeply rooted in my neighborhood. Anyone that knows me knows that I love to be out and about in the community...which means I don't spend much time at home. Taking on this labyrinth project would mean that I could do service for the wider community while working on my own yard.
Why a labyrinth? The unicursal path of a labyrinth provides one way in and one way out. It is a way to loose yourself without getting lost. I promise to write more about the labyrinth movement and this meditational tool in a future post. I have walked labyrinths at different times in my life in different places and I have found it to be a way to mark passages and gather insights and I wanted to share that with others. Mainly I thought it would be an excellent way to give purpose to an empty space.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgH4w9u5wUyGuCafc3F4kqnN8o56xMo8UJ8LDjsi4elwI_SR4cT1XB_pH7dMlEZseui_fT6Fuc6mQ8-MHbdZbWWelmKw4tc8oIk22_hyphenhyphennmaySXkUSNfVvGoxOWNm-QLNQ-6Leyv7FcD8/s1600/AUg+29-Sept+2+2013+moving+dirt,+funny+videos,+Indians+game,+Labo+012.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgH4w9u5wUyGuCafc3F4kqnN8o56xMo8UJ8LDjsi4elwI_SR4cT1XB_pH7dMlEZseui_fT6Fuc6mQ8-MHbdZbWWelmKw4tc8oIk22_hyphenhyphennmaySXkUSNfVvGoxOWNm-QLNQ-6Leyv7FcD8/s320/AUg+29-Sept+2+2013+moving+dirt,+funny+videos,+Indians+game,+Labo+012.jpg" /></a>
I met Sarah at a workshop through the Focus 2020 initiative of the Peace Learning Center in Indianapolis. She was the first one to embrace the vision that I had for the space. She helped organize a volunteer crew and get supplies to paint the fence along the side of the property. She is going into the Peace Corps in Madagascar and donated more paint for the community art aspect of the labyrinth project this weekend. Doesn't she just look lovely carrying paint cans in her going away party dress? She said that what she would want depicted on the reflection wall was the phrase, "Joy in the Journey". Originally, the name of the project was going to be Ananda Labyrinth. I have always connected with that universal joy that lets the stars shine, but upon reflection I realized that some people would be walking the labyrinth in times of loss or transition, so naming the labyrinth in such a way might limit the use of the space to only joyful times.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdke0If8o83DKySFNRUTscM68Q94scwsCtWR-dIymm5fhd6pc6ryjYjMXSUEictoPpVJs5QMbfkkeQN1GO5HXLrPgnHkXmPX_AepvgYJ8QZxlFd79wOzIYqurPCc18ZHzTLMRJhQVPWq4/s1600/AUg+29-Sept+2+2013+moving+dirt,+funny+videos,+Indians+game,+Labo+010.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdke0If8o83DKySFNRUTscM68Q94scwsCtWR-dIymm5fhd6pc6ryjYjMXSUEictoPpVJs5QMbfkkeQN1GO5HXLrPgnHkXmPX_AepvgYJ8QZxlFd79wOzIYqurPCc18ZHzTLMRJhQVPWq4/s320/AUg+29-Sept+2+2013+moving+dirt,+funny+videos,+Indians+game,+Labo+010.jpg" /></a>
I do love a celebration, though. Even as three men worked on shoveling dirt, I kept spirits high as I sang "I've been workin' on the labyrinth all the live long day. I've been workin' on the labyrinth just to pass the time away." And I have already planned for the annual celebration on the summer solstice on June 21, 2014 at 6 pm. We are going to have a picnic dinner potluck. If you join the Rivoli Park Labyrinth Community page on Facebook, you will get an invite to that celebration.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfQsO6uzUnofQoj_Uzpw94UTcoWl5mEOyI-UjfMCEvmmS61_WiAMGbVnD2UFrRBAqCTZnFPwDuVtltDvALodtNwEtBgnTEmBw2w0oZQZw81YYJmW1zQdO7LwO1Xw6zHLHLIUcJpdPVig/s1600/express+yourself+rain+barrel+002.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfQsO6uzUnofQoj_Uzpw94UTcoWl5mEOyI-UjfMCEvmmS61_WiAMGbVnD2UFrRBAqCTZnFPwDuVtltDvALodtNwEtBgnTEmBw2w0oZQZw81YYJmW1zQdO7LwO1Xw6zHLHLIUcJpdPVig/s320/express+yourself+rain+barrel+002.jpg" /></a>
I will be celebrating tomorrow at the awards ceremony for the Focus 2020 Community Action Grants. Part of the reason I received one of these grants is because of the partnerships I have formed in the community. The express yourself rain barrel that I ordered from the local social enterprise, KI Eco Center, is one example of those partnerships. I will write more about the partnerships I am forming to have community art as part of this project in a future post.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I5PpqaOLc6KhKr3UNNfAXiuP3OMsOJN2w8nfucQzfE_qnoa5LObPwyCouSrrsKy5zhSyirrasdIEIyZqXzUad1VSxD-cwU3CXN_XucmiDWIM124ob9j81Db6Yczh2J4zdCtisp2F3pI/s1600/AUg+29-Sept+2+2013+moving+dirt,+funny+videos,+Indians+game,+Labo+028.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I5PpqaOLc6KhKr3UNNfAXiuP3OMsOJN2w8nfucQzfE_qnoa5LObPwyCouSrrsKy5zhSyirrasdIEIyZqXzUad1VSxD-cwU3CXN_XucmiDWIM124ob9j81Db6Yczh2J4zdCtisp2F3pI/s320/AUg+29-Sept+2+2013+moving+dirt,+funny+videos,+Indians+game,+Labo+028.jpg" /></a>
But really, this project would still be an idea in my head without the help of my family. My sister, Katherine Ogawa, has put in hours on the landscape design using her background in permaculture. My mother, Susan Williams Boyles, an accomplished artist, designed the logo which is being put to use to brand the project and create items to give as thank you gifts to supporters. My brother, Geoffrey Boyles, is providing practical support and craftsmanship skills. That man wielding a tool next to a straw bale is my Dad, Gordon, just before he cut down an invasive tree in the lot. Boy, can he swing an ax! The straw will be put to use in reconditioning the soil in lot soon. If you would like to support this effort as well be sure to follow on Twitter @RPLabytinth or like Rivoli Park Labyrinth Indianapolis on Facebook, www.facebook.com/rplabyrinth. I launched a GoFundMe crowdsourcing fundraising campaign to fund the community art aspect of the project. You can support the project through the website www.gofundme.com/rplabyrinth. There is more information about the community art project there as well. Thanks for taking the time to learn more about this community asset in the making.basilheart o.k.a. Lisa B. http://www.blogger.com/profile/15197881269278528685noreply@blogger.com