Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The stones are here!
Well, today we collected the
first delivery of stones for The Labyrinth. They are heavy! Choosing the stones
with Gillian, as well as giving us a work out, reminded me how beautiful river
rock is. Each stone unique with its own shape and pattern laid down over
thousands of years.
At Fiber Fellowship the
painting began. Participants often gravitated towards particular rock to paint.
The rocks and the paintings are as unique and diverse as we are. See some of
the end results below.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Labyrinth T-Shirts
Labyrinth Project t-shirts have
arrived!
They are free to anyone who is involved in any Labyrinth Project event
and $5 to purchase. Multiple colors and sizes available. Contact rosie.magee@wilson.edu
What is World Labyrinth Day?
World
Labyrinth Day, an initiative of The Labyrinth Society, is a day designated to
bring people from all over the world together to walk labyrinths. It is celebrated every year on the first
Saturday in May. This is a day when
people all over the world can join together to walk labyrinths for the good of
all.
“Walk as
One at 1”
In the past, a variety of events have been held at over 100 locations worldwide, including the Ellipse in Washington DC, public parks, churches, a maximum-security women’s prison, retreat centers and many private labyrinths. Countries joining the celebration include: the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, the Bahamas, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, China, South Africa, Australia, and the list grows every year.
Wilson College Labyrinth will be a registered participant in World Labyrinth Day this year.
Stones for our College Labyrinth
Today, I sourced the stones for our 'pop up' college Labyrinth which will be build in time for World Labyrinth Day on May 4. Getting the right type of stone is harder than one would think. The local garden center didn't have anything in stock. The local quarry had, as you would imagine, quarried rock which was too rough and jagged for what we have in mind. They recommended 'Country Breeze' in Marion and sure enough they have the perfect time of river rock for what we need! Now the hard part - to calculate how many stones we will need :)
Peace on the journey, Rosie
Peace on the journey, Rosie
Friday, February 22, 2013
A poem as we embark on the pilgrimage of Lent
To the
Pilgrim
Set out!
You have a meeting to keep.
Where? With whom?
Perhaps with yourself.
The road your song,
The weariness your prayers.
And at the end
Your silence will speak to you.
But get out of yourself!
You have created rivals-
You will find companions.
You envisaged enemies-
You will find brothers and sisters.
Where your feet are leading your heart.
The pilgrim’s road.
Someone is coming to meet you-
Is seeking you
In the shrine at the end of the road-
In the shrine at the depths of your heart.
Go!
God already walks with you!
Set
out!
You were
born for the roadSet out!
You have a meeting to keep.
Where? With whom?
Perhaps with yourself.
Set
out!
Your
steps will be your words-The road your song,
The weariness your prayers.
And at the end
Your silence will speak to you.
Set
out!
Alone,
or with others-But get out of yourself!
You have created rivals-
You will find companions.
You envisaged enemies-
You will find brothers and sisters.
Set
out!
Your
head does not knowWhere your feet are leading your heart.
Set
out!
You were
born for the road-The pilgrim’s road.
Someone is coming to meet you-
Is seeking you
In the shrine at the end of the road-
In the shrine at the depths of your heart.
God is
your peace.
God is
your joy!Go!
God already walks with you!
Anonymous
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
For all Students
Witness the mind/body connection IN ACTION by taking some time for yourself in "The Well"
Located in the Wellness Center waiting room at the end of the Student Development hall
WHAT TO EXPECT: Hot tea and aromatherapy, juggling games (virtual), and boat rides (virtual) that YOU control, and that's just the beginning...
WHAT IT IS: We have a unique software program that allows you to practice meditation, work on focusing, and find ways to make your brain and body connect with the ultimate goal of relaxation and insight. Skeptical? We get it. Come check it out to see for yourself and train your brain to calm your body...and vise versa!
Mondays: 12noon-1pm
Wednesdays: 1-2pm
Thursdays: 10-11am and 3-4pm
Fridays: 11am-12noon
Questions? Email wellness@wilson.edu
"The Way" Event
"The Way" Event
Friday, March 22
“The Way” - The Movie
4pm - Allen Auditorium
The Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world.
http://theway-themovie.com/
4pm - Allen Auditorium
The Way is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world.
http://theway-themovie.com/
“Way Station” - Spanish themed meal
6pm - Patterson Lounge.
To sign up for meal email rosie.magee@wilson.edu (free to
students, staff and faculty)
6pm - Patterson Lounge.
To sign up for meal email rosie.magee@wilson.edu (free to
students, staff and faculty)
Different Paths on El Camino/The Way
7pm - Patterson LoungeCamille Baughman and Asunción Arnedo will share their different experiences of walking the 500 mile El Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage through Spain.
Event co-sponsored by the Spanish Club, Diversity team,
and the Office of the Chaplain as part of The Labyrinth Project @Wilson CollegeTuesday, February 12, 2013
Latest Labyrinths in London
Mark Wallinger unveils the largest art commission
ever, for London Underground's 150th anniversary. Labyrinth features 270 unique
works, one for each of the 270 stations on the London Underground network. Here,
Wallinger talks to Adrian Searle at Oxford Circus station (see video link below)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2013/feb/07/mark-wallinger-labyrinth-art-underground-video
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2013/feb/07/mark-wallinger-labyrinth-art-underground-video
Convocation Benediction (2/12/13)
We ‘come as we are’ to this
place
and we leave to live into
who we will become.
As we prepare to leave this gathering
and go onward
to new discoveries and new
challenges
may we be blessed with the humility
and the humor to be good traveling companions
may we be blessed with courage and
creativity for the journey
each day of this wild,
amazing life
we are blessed to live
and may the God who names you, and
loves you beyond measure
bless your journey with joy
and with peace. Amen
Monday, February 11, 2013
How to Build a Labyrinth
How to Build a Labyrinth <---link here!
Click on the link above to find out how to build your own Labyrinth!
Click on the link above to find out how to build your own Labyrinth!
Invitation to Campus Clubs
Greetings student club leaders, WCGA and class presidents!
I am writing to give you some background on The Labyrinth
Project which will be the main theme of the office of the chaplain during
spring semester 2013. I am hoping to work with others on this project and so
wanted to get the word out to campus leaders.
The
labyrinth is a symbol known to have existed for at least four thousand years. It
has been used in many cultures and religions throughout its existence as a
symbol of the journey of life and a sacred place of centering and contemplation.
The labyrinth is acknowledged by many to be beneficial to mind body and spirit –
the whole person. The relevance of
the image of labyrinth stands in stark contrast to that of a maze where there
are forced choices, fear, confusion, dead ends, and a sense of being lost.
A maze is designed for you to lose your way whereas a labyrinth is
designed for you to find your way.
The ancient concept
of labyrinth will be re-imagined throughout the 2013 spring semester and
invitation to participation will be extended to the entire community. Current
proposals include:
* opportunities to
share a meal, to ‘pause’ together, like a ‘way station’ on a
pilgrimage* a day of R.E.S.T. (Restore. Explore. Sacred. Time) off-campus at the beautiful Bon Secours Retreat center in MD on Saturday March 2 which has a wonderful outdoor labyrinth.
* invitational for visual arts and creative writing on the theme of Labyrinth. This theme is open to imaginative expansive images and metaphors in its interpretation, thus encouraging inclusivity and diversity of expression.
* Lenten Wednesday worship devoted the theme of ‘Pilgrimage’
* facilitated discussion of the movie “The Way”– a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever- changing and complicated world.
* The public culmination of The Labyrinth Project will be the creation of a temporary ‘pop-up’ labyrinth on the Main Green for World Labyrinth Day, May 4, 2013. Students, staff, faculty, in fact anyone who identifies with the Wilson community will be invited to place or name a stone to mark 'the way' on the labyrinth. We hope to start building the labyrinth on Monday 29 April and have it up for 2 weeks. It could be make of different materials…perhaps the environmental club might have some suggestions?, perhaps the Habitat club could help build it?….I am sure labyrinths have a mathematical component, or have a different meaning in different cultures…we can think BIG on this there are lots of ways this theme can be interpreted.
Would your club/class like to be involved in
any way?...have you an idea we could work on together? Some funding is available
if a club wants to take an idea and ‘run with it’ - think outside the maze!!
If this is an image/project that speaks to you
or your club/class please let me know and we can brainstorm! Please don’t hesitate to
get back to me with any questions or comments you may have.
Peace, Rosie
There is a
road
that runs straight
through your heart. Walk on it.
To be a pilgrim means
to be on the move slowly
to notice your luggage becoming lighter
to be seeking for treasures that do not rust
to be comfortable with your heart’s questions
to be moving toward the holy ground of home with empty hands and bare feet.”
Macrina
Wiederkehr
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Invitiation from The Bottom Shelf Review
Wilson’s own literary magazine, The Bottom Shelf
Review, is teaming up with Wilson’s Chaplain Rosie
Magee in celebration of the labyrinth.
What is a labyrinth, you may ask? The labyrinth is not to be
confused with a maze. While mazes are designed to trick you with dead ends and
false paths, the labyrinth has only one path leading into the center and the
same path leads back out. Rather than a game, labyrinth offers a metaphorical
pilgrimage—a walking meditation. As Helen Curry once noted, “Our quest, I feel,
can be summarized as this single obligation: to switch from life-as-maze to
life-as-labyrinth. The transformation from maze to labyrinth requires us to
dismiss much of our conditioning, to reevaluate our identity, and to apply a new
context to our lives.”
For part of its Spring 2013 Issue, the BSR will have a
section of poems, fiction pieces, and essays entirely devoted to the concept of
the labyrinth. Examine what the idea of “finding one’s self in a labyrinth”
(literal or metaphorical) might mean to you. Write a poem that responds to Mary
Wroth, the great English sonneteer of the labyrinth. Or write a short story
where your main character finds herself dealing with a metaphorical labyrinth.
Or write about your own experiences in labyrinths, whether real or imagined.
Your creativity is your only limitation!
Your creativity is your only limitation!
And to sweeten the pot, the Chaplain’s Office will be
sponsoring a contest. The best pieces written by both students and faculty/staff
(separate categories) will win a fantastic gift card. So send your work in
today!
All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible, as are
all faculty and staff.
To submit, please email your piece to Dr. Michael G.
Cornelius at mcornelius@wilson.edu no later than MONDAY MARCH
25. You may enter up to 3 submissions (but send each as a separate file.) Send
your pieces as .doc or .rtf files only. If you have any questions, please
contact Dr. Cornelius. Please mark the subject line of your email “BSR
Labyrinth.”
The BSR is also soliciting creative works of
all genres and on all themes for its issue. Submit those works using the same
directions as the other. Please mark the subject line of your email “BSR.”
Remember: “A maze is designed for you to lose yourself; a
labyrinth is designed for you to find yourself.”
(Want to learn more about the labyrinth? Need inspiration?
Check out the links below, or talk to Chaplain Rosie.)
Welcome!
Welcome to our blog that will cover all things labyrinth for The Labyrinth Project @ Wilson College! Check back frequently for updates on events, pictures from events, and more!
The labyrinth is an archetypal image for our life journey. The labyrinth is a symbol known to have existed for at least four thousand years. It has been used in many cultures and religions throughout its existence as a symbol of the journey of life and a sacred place of centering and contemplation. The labyrinth is acknowledged by many to be beneficial to mind body and spirit – the whole person.The relevance of the image of labyrinth stands in stark contrast to that of a maze where there are forced choices, fear, confusion, dead ends, and a sense of being lost. Remember, "A maze is designed for you to lose your way whereas a labyrinth is designed for you to find your way."
The ancient concept of labyrinth will be re-imagined throughout the 2013 spring semester and invitation to participation will be extended to the entire community. Current proposals include:
* opportunities to share a meal, soul time to ‘pause’ together, like a ‘way station’ on a pilgrimage
* a day of R.E.S.T. (Restore. Explore. Sacred. Time) off-campus at the beautiful Bon Secours Retreat center in MD on Saturday March 2 which has a wonderful outdoor labyrinth.
* invitational for visual arts and creative writing on the theme of Labyrinth. This theme is open to imaginative expansive images and metaphors in its interpretation, thus encouraging diversity of expression.
* Lenten Wednesday worship devoted the theme of ‘Pilgrimage’
* facilitated discussion of the movie “The Way”– a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever- changing and complicated world.
* guest lecturers who will share their experiences of walking the ancient pilgrimage site, El Camino de Santiago
* The public culmination of The Labyrinth Project will be the creation of a temporary ‘pop-up’ labyrinth on the Main Green for World Labyrinth Day, May 4, 2013. Students, staff, faculty, in fact anyone who identifies with the Wilson community, will be invited to paint and place a stone to mark 'the way' on the labyrinth.
So, The Labyrinth Project is an invitation to escape the maze and LIVE THE LABYRINTH.
We are on the journey together... and we make the road by walking......
The labyrinth is an archetypal image for our life journey. The labyrinth is a symbol known to have existed for at least four thousand years. It has been used in many cultures and religions throughout its existence as a symbol of the journey of life and a sacred place of centering and contemplation. The labyrinth is acknowledged by many to be beneficial to mind body and spirit – the whole person.The relevance of the image of labyrinth stands in stark contrast to that of a maze where there are forced choices, fear, confusion, dead ends, and a sense of being lost. Remember, "A maze is designed for you to lose your way whereas a labyrinth is designed for you to find your way."
The ancient concept of labyrinth will be re-imagined throughout the 2013 spring semester and invitation to participation will be extended to the entire community. Current proposals include:
* opportunities to share a meal, soul time to ‘pause’ together, like a ‘way station’ on a pilgrimage
* a day of R.E.S.T. (Restore. Explore. Sacred. Time) off-campus at the beautiful Bon Secours Retreat center in MD on Saturday March 2 which has a wonderful outdoor labyrinth.
* invitational for visual arts and creative writing on the theme of Labyrinth. This theme is open to imaginative expansive images and metaphors in its interpretation, thus encouraging diversity of expression.
* Lenten Wednesday worship devoted the theme of ‘Pilgrimage’
* facilitated discussion of the movie “The Way”– a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever- changing and complicated world.
* guest lecturers who will share their experiences of walking the ancient pilgrimage site, El Camino de Santiago
* The public culmination of The Labyrinth Project will be the creation of a temporary ‘pop-up’ labyrinth on the Main Green for World Labyrinth Day, May 4, 2013. Students, staff, faculty, in fact anyone who identifies with the Wilson community, will be invited to paint and place a stone to mark 'the way' on the labyrinth.
So, The Labyrinth Project is an invitation to escape the maze and LIVE THE LABYRINTH.
We are on the journey together... and we make the road by walking......
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