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Related: About this forumArt to reduce stress sparks religious debate in Delano
Photo: Veriditas.org
Bob Collins
July 27, 2016, 8:43 AM
An artists proposal to build a labyrinth in Delano as part of a public art project is on hold for now after city leaders raised concern that it has religious overtones.
The Delano Parks and Recreation Commission and Delano-Franklin Township Area Historical Society had already approved the installation, but the City Council has voted to table the application until its August meeting.
Clearly, it implies, as I see it, a religious nature to it, Councilman Jason Franzen said, according to the Delano Herald Journal.
He cited the website for Veriditas, with which artist Lisa Moriarty is associated, the paper says. It embraces labyrinths as a spiritual tool that has many applications in various settings. It reduces stress, quiets the mind and opens the heart. It is a walking meditation, a path of prayer, and a blue-print where psyche meets Spirit.
http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/07/art-to-reduce-stress-sparks-religious-debate-in-delano/
https://veriditas.org/
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Art to reduce stress sparks religious debate in Delano (Original Post)
rug
Jul 2016
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. You need to take a walk Councilman Franzen. eom
handmade34
(22,756 posts)2. excellent response
rug
(82,333 posts)3. I wonder if he'd feel better if it was a maze.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)4. Which begs the reply........
I think he would be amazed.
rug
(82,333 posts)5. Or dismazed.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)6. I should alert on that.
A pun that bad should be an offense.