Delano LabyrinthLisa Gidlow Moriarty and the Delano Labyrinth Committee
Delano Labyrinth
Lisa Gidlow Moriarty
Personal Statement
Lisa Gidlow Moriarty is a professional labyrinth designer and master labyrinth maker. With a Fine Arts degree in Design, Lisa has 40 years of experience in large scale fiber and fabric installations, and has been making labyrinths professionally since 1999. She has built over 100 labyrinths internationally. She shared her expertise and guided the Delano Labyrinth Committee in creating the Delano Labyrinth.
The Delano Labyrinth Project was founded by a collaborative effort between community members and the Delano Area Council for Arts and Culture dedicated to seeing a Labyrinth built in the local Sculpture Park. They are committed to an intentional, meditative walk being available to our community, and all that visit Delano.
The Delano Labyrinth Committee on the rose petal strewn labyrinth.
Sculpture Statement
A labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool that involves walking a path as it winds in a circular pattern toward the middle of the circle and than out again. This is not a maze. In many ways the walk is a walking meditation, a symbolic pilgrimage, the journey being as important as the destination.
Labyrinths have been used around the world for thousands of years as a tool for contemplation, healing, inspiration and relaxation. They are used by churches for prayer and meditation; by hospitals for healing and grief; and by schools to calm children and for conflict resolution. Walking with a group can be a time for shared intention or walking alone can be a time for personal, inner conversation.
This is a replica of the labyrinth in Chartres, France.
