about the labyrinth

discovering the labyrinth

Ideas form in journals and sketchbooks, the ‘sparks of inspiration’ beginning in the process of drawing and handwriting. It’s a way of gathering information through exploration. The process is inspired by doodling freely and writing things down with pen touching paper, with paint brush in hand and responding to things written in a book, or seen on a walk, or in a conversation.

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seven path seed labyrinth

A diagram to show how to draw a seven path seed labyrinth. It’s not the first design I encountered, but it’s become my favourite.

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Hopi labyrinth- the symbol of emergence

The place of beginning, the myth and meaning of the ‘emergence’ expressed by the square labyrinth symbol, is known to the Hopis as the Mother Earth symbol.

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