A Movie Premiere for World Labyrinth Day!   Into the Labyrinth with Lars Howlett
Discover Labyrinths
[{'start': '6.825', 'end': '8.005', 'text': 'Hi, my name is Lars Howlett.'}, {'start': '8.125', 'end': '9.605', 'text': 'I am a labyrinth designer and builder,'}, {'start': '9.665', 'end': '12.605', 'text': "and I'm here at the Annenberg Community Beach House"}, {'start': '12.785', 'end': '15.805', 'text': 'to create a public art experience,'}, {'start': '16.015', 'end': '19.165', 'text': 'three temporary walkable labyrinths for people to come'}, {'start': '19.945', 'end': '21.325', 'text': 'and go on a journey of their own.'}, {'start': '22.065', 'end': '23.645', 'text': 'So I love everything about labyrinths.'}, {'start': '23.765', 'end': '27.085', 'text': "I love that it's a spiritual practice of mindfulness."}, {'start': '27.605', 'end': '30.005', 'text': 'I love the math and the geometry of it.'}, {'start': '30.245', 'end': '31.845', 'text': 'I love the design aspect'}, {'start': '31.865', 'end': '35.805', 'text': 'and how you can even just look at a labyrinth,'}, {'start': '35.945', 'end': '39.125', 'text': 'either a full size walkable one or a symbolic one'}, {'start': '39.145', 'end': '40.605', 'text': 'or one drawn on paper.'}, {'start': '41.385', 'end': '44.565', 'text': 'I love the mythology. I love the history.'}, {'start': '45.285', 'end': '48.805', 'text': 'I love the diversity of patterns and places and intentions,'}, {'start': '48.985', 'end': '51.805', 'text': 'and I love working with communities to create'}, {'start': '51.805', 'end': '53.085', 'text': 'site specific labyrinths.'}, {'start': '54.145', 'end': '56.405', 'text': 'So labyrinth is different than a maze,'}, {'start': '56.715', 'end': '59.765', 'text': "A maze has dead ends, and it's meant to disorient you"}, {'start': '59.945', 'end': '61.525', 'text': "and it's kind of like a puzzle to solve."}, {'start': '62.145', 'end': '64.125', 'text': 'And a labyrinth is just a singular pathway'}, {'start': '64.315', 'end': '66.125', 'text': 'that meanders its way to the center.'}, {'start': '66.305', 'end': '69.405', 'text': 'And usually you retrace your steps back out again.'}, {'start': '70.025', 'end': '71.925', 'text': 'so as long as you trust the path,'}, {'start': '71.925', 'end': '73.365', 'text': "you'll find your way to the center."}, {'start': '89.215', 'end': '91.925', 'text': "The Water Labyrinth that I'm creating in the hardscape is a very"}, {'start': '92.205', 'end': '95.445', 'text': 'challenging pattern that is a little over my head'}, {'start': '95.445', 'end': '99.485', 'text': 'because it has this triple Yin-Yang design'}, {'start': '99.635', 'end': '101.005', 'text': 'with four different centers.'}, {'start': '101.825', 'end': '104.565', 'text': "And I've also never created this design before, it's a one"}, {'start': '104.565', 'end': '106.645', 'text': 'of a kind contemporary labyrinth'}, {'start': '106.645', 'end': '108.245', 'text': 'that I created specifically for the Annenberg.'}, {'start': '108.745', 'end': '110.645', 'text': "And so I've drawn it on paper,"}, {'start': '110.705', 'end': '112.685', 'text': "but I've never laid it out full size."}, {'start': '112.905', 'end': '114.365', 'text': "So I'm a little nervous"}, {'start': '114.505', 'end': '117.725', 'text': 'to actually get the geometry onto the ground'}, {'start': '117.795', 'end': '120.965', 'text': 'because you can use a compass on your paper'}, {'start': '121.185', 'end': '124.005', 'text': 'and make your nice drawing on the graph paper.'}, {'start': '124.345', 'end': '127.165', 'text': "But it's another thing to create the giant straight edge"}, {'start': '127.165', 'end': '130.245', 'text': 'and compass in person and to lay it out'}, {'start': '130.265', 'end': '132.125', 'text': 'and fit it into that space.'}, {'start': '132.265', 'end': '137.125', 'text': 'And so it is gonna be interesting to see how that'}, {'start': '137.705', 'end': '141.005', 'text': 'design translates to the hardscape.'}, {'start': '141.625', 'end': '143.485', 'text': 'And then using the tape,'}, {'start': '143.785', 'end': '146.405', 'text': "and I have this giant roll of paper, which I've never done"}, {'start': '146.405', 'end': '149.365', 'text': 'before, incorporated paper into a labyrinth for people'}, {'start': '149.505', 'end': '152.205', 'text': 'to write their own reflections and intentions on.'}, {'start': '152.305', 'end': '155.925', 'text': 'You have to take risks. You know, my work is'}, {'start': '156.025', 'end': '158.445', 'text': 'to create a one of a kind unique labyrinth'}, {'start': '159.115', 'end': '161.445', 'text': 'that fits to the space.'}, {'start': '161.785', 'end': '165.925', 'text': "So there's a lot of stress and a lot of nerves behind that."}, {'start': '166.745', 'end': '170.525', 'text': 'But I feel like that is where the energy and excitement is'}, {'start': '170.705', 'end': '172.885', 'text': 'and the people that come here'}, {'start': '173.065', 'end': '175.765', 'text': "to walk these labyrinths, they're not gonna be able"}, {'start': '175.765', 'end': '177.045', 'text': 'to walk this anywhere else.'}, {'start': '177.545', 'end': '181.965', 'text': "It's gonna be a unique experience,"}, {'start': '182.285', 'end': '183.405', 'text': 'a momentary experience.'}, {'start': '184.145', 'end': '185.725', 'text': "And so that's, that's very exciting."}, {'start': '186.145', 'end': '188.085', 'text': 'If I can make it come to light!'}, {'start': '190.595', 'end': '191.605', 'text': "Good. That's our entrance."}, {'start': '194.715', 'end': '199.095', 'text': 'This is momentous. Opening'}, {'start': '199.235', 'end': '200.895', 'text': 'The labyrinth should have waited.'}, {'start': '200.895', 'end': '201.975', 'text': 'This is like the ribbon cutting,'}, {'start': '203.435', 'end': '206.575', 'text': 'but still got a couple more turns to go.'}, {'start': '212.045', 'end': '214.335', 'text': 'Yeah, whole day.'}, {'start': '215.855', 'end': '217.455', 'text': 'I mean, I should have budgeted two days,'}, {'start': '220.955', 'end': '222.415', 'text': 'should have done one day for taping'}, {'start': '222.415', 'end': '223.495', 'text': 'and second day for paper.'}, {'start': '223.755', 'end': '228.375', 'text': "But I didn't have that idea of paper until very recently."}, {'start': '232.135', 'end': '235.175', 'text': "I always think, you know, I'll do the details in like an hour"}, {'start': '235.175', 'end': '238.455', 'text': 'or two, but really you build a whole labyrinth,'}, {'start': '238.455', 'end': '240.175', 'text': 'then you need a whole nother day just to detail it.'}, {'start': '240.195', 'end': '245.095', 'text': 'But we do have a whole day tomorrow, sort of, I was just'}, {'start': '245.095', 'end': '246.215', 'text': 'so relieved that that one,'}, {'start': '246.875', 'end': '250.465', 'text': 'the Water Cycle Labyrinth could actually come to life'}, {'start': '250.525', 'end': '254.075', 'text': 'and that it was, uh, walkable.'}, {'start': '254.375', 'end': '255.995', 'text': "And we didn't finish it."}, {'start': '255.995', 'end': '257.195', 'text': "We're like 90% done,"}, {'start': '257.775', 'end': '261.395', 'text': 'but we have another day today to,'}, {'start': '262.135', 'end': '264.955', 'text': 'the plan is to finish this, finish it.'}, {'start': '264.995', 'end': '267.515', 'text': 'I gotta start it, start this,'}, {'start': '269.915', 'end': '274.575', 'text': 'the Wave and the Sun Labyrinths in the sand,'}, {'start': '274.955', 'end': '277.455', 'text': "and hopefully finish that by one o'clock."}, {'start': '278.635', 'end': '280.975', 'text': "So then at two o'clock, when the volunteers come,"}, {'start': '280.995', 'end': '284.735', 'text': 'we can just detail this and finish the hardscape.'}, {'start': '284.835', 'end': '287.375', 'text': "So that's the goal."}, {'start': '294.685', 'end': '297.945', 'text': 'To create a sand labyrinth is, is exciting, uh,'}, {'start': '297.945', 'end': '301.785', 'text': 'because, you know, here we have a hundred feet'}, {'start': '301.805', 'end': '303.065', 'text': 'by 170 feet.'}, {'start': '303.165', 'end': '307.425', 'text': 'So we have this ginormous canvas to create the labyrinth.'}, {'start': '310.805', 'end': '313.585', 'text': 'So if you see labyrinths as a mindfulness practice, one'}, {'start': '313.585', 'end': '315.705', 'text': 'of the things about creating temporary labyrinths is'}, {'start': '315.705', 'end': '316.865', 'text': 'non-attachment, you know,'}, {'start': '316.925', 'end': '320.985', 'text': 'and it really allows a way to connect to a space,'}, {'start': '321.565', 'end': '323.385', 'text': 'but just in the present moment, right?'}, {'start': '323.405', 'end': '326.585', 'text': 'So creating this labyrinth out here on the beach is really'}, {'start': '326.585', 'end': '329.425', 'text': 'about this point in time, you know, for yourself,'}, {'start': '330.005', 'end': '333.185', 'text': 'for our society, you know, coming through the pandemic.'}, {'start': '333.405', 'end': '336.785', 'text': 'Now, I think we really as a society are going'}, {'start': '336.785', 'end': '339.505', 'text': 'through this time of upheaval and shift in our identity.'}, {'start': '340.125', 'end': '341.945', 'text': 'And in the past it was individuals'}, {'start': '341.945', 'end': '343.585', 'text': 'that usually came to the labyrinth in'}, {'start': '343.585', 'end': '344.705', 'text': 'their own personal times.'}, {'start': '344.845', 'end': '348.785', 'text': "But now I feel like we're all coming to the labyrinth,"}, {'start': '348.805', 'end': '352.145', 'text': 'you know, to find that sure path for uncertain times.'}, {'start': '353.165', 'end': '355.025', 'text': "And you know, it's gonna be really powerful"}, {'start': '355.025', 'end': '357.205', 'text': 'to walk it all together and to be out here'}, {'start': '357.205', 'end': '359.965', 'text': 'and leave your footprints, you know, as you walk'}, {'start': '359.965', 'end': '361.725', 'text': "through the labyrinth, you'll help shape it."}, {'start': '361.725', 'end': '363.085', 'text': "You'll help leave your mark."}, {'start': '363.545', 'end': '365.445', 'text': "And it's gonna be interesting to see what happens."}, {'start': '440.135', 'end': '442.315', 'text': 'The wave is almost done.'}, {'start': '443.465', 'end': '445.475', 'text': 'Just gotta finish the entrance and the exit.'}, {'start': '445.535', 'end': '447.115', 'text': 'But the but Wave'}, {'start': '447.175', 'end': '451.845', 'text': "itself, it's complete."}, {'start': '453.625', 'end': '453.965', 'text': 'All right?'}, {'start': '460.745', 'end': '464.405', 'text': "That's that. This is this."}, {'start': '473.595', 'end': '475.085', 'text': 'Just gotta finish this Sun by lunch!'}, {'start': '525.825', 'end': '528.205', 'text': 'It will be great when the preparation is over'}, {'start': '528.345', 'end': '528.805', 'text': 'and the'}, {'start': '533.035', 'end': '537.445', 'text': "walking begins, because Lord knows I'm gonna need it."}, {'start': '609.065', 'end': '613.965', 'text': 'Hey, made'}, {'start': '613.965', 'end': '614.125', 'text': 'it! Phew!!'}, {'start': '618.905', 'end': '620.925', 'text': 'I feel like the labyrinth is not the design,'}, {'start': '620.945', 'end': '622.325', 'text': 'the labyrinth is the experience.'}, {'start': '622.465', 'end': '626.765', 'text': 'So we put the design on the ground,'}, {'start': '626.905', 'end': '630.365', 'text': 'but the labyrinth is really not this pattern, even.'}, {'start': '630.475', 'end': '632.165', 'text': "It's the journey through the labyrinth."}, {'start': '632.305', 'end': '634.005', 'text': 'And by you all being here'}, {'start': '634.005', 'end': '635.925', 'text': 'and participating in the creation of the labyrinth,'}, {'start': '636.425', 'end': '639.125', 'text': "you're helping bring life to the labyrinth."}, {'start': '639.145', 'end': '641.965', 'text': 'And that really, your energy, your intentions,'}, {'start': '641.965', 'end': '644.045', 'text': 'your participation is really helping to'}, {'start': '645.975', 'end': '647.605', 'text': 'shape the experience for the other'}, {'start': '647.605', 'end': '648.685', 'text': 'people that will be here this weekend.'}, {'start': '648.905', 'end': '651.325', 'text': "So I'm gonna ring the bell to kind"}, {'start': '651.325', 'end': '653.405', 'text': 'of set our intention for this labyrinth.'}, {'start': '663.945', 'end': '667.205', 'text': 'If you feel called to place flags in this labyrinth,'}, {'start': '667.275', 'end': '670.165', 'text': 'then the flags are on the cart,'}, {'start': '670.225', 'end': '671.485', 'text': 'or someone can bring them over.'}, {'start': '672.145', 'end': '673.645', 'text': "And we'll try to fill the whole design"}, {'start': '673.715', 'end': '675.365', 'text': 'with flags six inches apart.'}, {'start': '720.995', 'end': '722.005', 'text': 'That was accidental.'}, {'start': '723.115', 'end': '726.525', 'text': 'Just a test of the enlightenment sound system.'}, {'start': '727.795', 'end': '729.565', 'text': '(If this had been a real enlightenment emergency...)'}, {'start': '730.225', 'end': '732.085', 'text': 'No, this had been a real enlightenment.'}, {'start': '734.105', 'end': '736.045', 'text': "The sound you would've heard would be followed by"}, {'start': '737.035', 'end': '739.525', 'text': 'deep insight and inner peace.'}, {'start': '742.835', 'end': '744.775', 'text': 'At first, when people hear the word labyrinth,'}, {'start': '744.775', 'end': '748.655', 'text': 'many people think of a convoluted network of passageways,'}, {'start': '749.075', 'end': '752.975', 'text': 'Almost... looking in the Webster dictionary called a tortuous,'}, {'start': '753.915', 'end': '756.975', 'text': 'experience.'}, {'start': '757.195', 'end': '759.975', 'text': "And that's not really my line of work to create a"}, {'start': '761.535', 'end': '764.535', 'text': 'tortuous, hopefully not a tortuous labyrinth.'}, {'start': '770.075', 'end': '771.975', 'text': 'All the different types of people,'}, {'start': '772.395', 'end': '775.055', 'text': 'Someone saw a homeless person in the center'}, {'start': '775.075', 'end': '777.095', 'text': 'of the sun labyrinth taking time.'}, {'start': '777.235', 'end': '779.815', 'text': 'We saw the person in the beach wheelchair going through.'}, {'start': '779.955', 'end': '783.655', 'text': 'We see children. We saw four generations of a family walk'}, {'start': '783.655', 'end': '785.135', 'text': 'through this Water Labyrinth together.'}, {'start': '785.995', 'end': '788.255', 'text': "So, hopefully it's for people from all walks"}, {'start': '788.255', 'end': '791.135', 'text': 'of life, that it can be a common ground'}, {'start': '791.145', 'end': '792.495', 'text': 'where people can connect,'}, {'start': '792.515', 'end': '794.655', 'text': 'and especially coming through the pandemic, like'}, {'start': '794.655', 'end': '798.695', 'text': 'to have these people in these shared spaces,'}, {'start': '798.825', 'end': '801.135', 'text': 'connecting with their family, connecting with their friends,'}, {'start': '801.155', 'end': '802.735', 'text': 'and then connecting with the community.'}, {'start': '802.915', 'end': '803.135', 'text': 'So'}, {'start': '829.845', 'end': '834.215', 'text': "there's no center that you arrive at in this labyrinth."}, {'start': '834.215', 'end': '837.055', 'text': 'So this is actually the perfect pattern'}, {'start': '837.275', 'end': '839.375', 'text': "for Thich Nhat Hanh's walking meditation,"}, {'start': '839.885', 'end': '841.455', 'text': 'because the idea is'}, {'start': '842.785', 'end': '844.975', 'text': 'every step you arrive, right?'}, {'start': '845.325', 'end': '847.735', 'text': 'With every step you are arriving in'}, {'start': '847.735', 'end': '848.895', 'text': 'the present moment.'}, {'start': '849.035', 'end': '851.095', 'text': "We're not really going to a goal,"}, {'start': '851.745', 'end': '855.495', 'text': "we're just arriving in the moment, arriving in the moment,"}, {'start': '855.955', 'end': '857.015', 'text': 'and arriving in the moment.'}, {'start': '863.635', 'end': '866.295', 'text': 'But we were all connected by the rope going'}, {'start': '866.295', 'end': '867.335', 'text': 'through the labyrinth.'}, {'start': '867.355', 'end': '870.335', 'text': 'And then the point where it comes back around in the spiral'}, {'start': '870.515', 'end': '874.095', 'text': 'and you see the other faces and the shadows,'}, {'start': '874.275', 'end': '876.735', 'text': 'and then you do the 180 degree turn'}, {'start': '876.795', 'end': '878.815', 'text': 'and you pass every single person.'}, {'start': '879.555', 'end': '881.655', 'text': "And so you're able to make eye contact"}, {'start': '881.925', 'end': '885.095', 'text': 'with every individual along the chain.'}, {'start': '885.155', 'end': '887.135', 'text': 'And it is just incredible to, to have'}, {'start': '887.135', 'end': '888.495', 'text': 'that sense of connection.'}, {'start': '889.995', 'end': '891.485', 'text': 'And the labyrinth is a metaphor.'}, {'start': '891.585', 'end': '895.565', 'text': 'So anything that happens in the labyrinth, I look at it'}, {'start': '895.705', 'end': '897.805', 'text': "as a metaphor for what's going on in my life."}, {'start': '897.865', 'end': '901.125', 'text': 'And it can help me get insight into'}, {'start': '902.085', 'end': '903.885', 'text': "whatever it is I'm going through."}, {'start': '903.985', 'end': '906.645', 'text': "Or sometimes it'll provide surprising insights for things"}, {'start': '906.645', 'end': '909.565', 'text': "that I wasn't really aware of when I walked in."}, {'start': '909.625', 'end': '912.245', 'text': "And so it's a watering hole for the spirit"}, {'start': '912.375', 'end': '914.845', 'text': 'where you can connect to kind'}, {'start': '914.845', 'end': '917.165', 'text': 'of your insights and your inner self.'}, {'start': '917.505', 'end': '919.365', 'text': 'You kind of get out of your rational mind.'}, {'start': '920.065', 'end': '923.125', 'text': 'And as you get to the center, usually you can let go'}, {'start': '923.145', 'end': '926.565', 'text': 'of the future, the past, really be in the moment'}, {'start': '927.305', 'end': '929.725', 'text': 'and, hopefully find, find some clarity,'}, {'start': '929.865', 'end': '931.485', 'text': 'or at least just a moment of peace.'}, {'start': '932.265', 'end': '934.325', 'text': 'And then you have the return journey,'}, {'start': '934.545', 'end': '936.645', 'text': 'so you retrace your steps back out again.'}, {'start': '936.985', 'end': '938.325', 'text': "And that's a way to integrate"}, {'start': '938.435', 'end': '940.045', 'text': 'what has happened in the labyrinth'}, {'start': '940.355', 'end': '944.525', 'text': 'with returning like a pilgrimage back out into your world.'}, {'start': '944.875', 'end': '946.085', 'text': 'Back to your home.'}]