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Sculpture

Bronze Limited Edition

H 18" x W 15" x D 15"

$6800.00

'#10/12 Maquette Sculpture on Swivel Base #10/12 Labyrinth Pendant Gift Included
“There and back again, thru’ the Labyrinth of Life,
Man returns to the Source bearing the Gift
Of Insight gained.” The “Man-in-the-Maze”, symbol of Arizona’s First Nation People’s heritage, pays tribute to the Native Americans’ recognition of the Spirituality imbued in all of nature, such as the Sacred Red Rocks, which is where my own sculpting career began in 1980 in the Studio-apartment above “Plaza del Sol” in the Village of Oak Creek. As a maze is a network of interconnecting paths designed to confuse the traveler, the Native American symbol traditionally called,” the man in the maze” is actually the man in the labyrinth. A labyrinth is an ancient unicursal path found in many cultures around the world, which depicts a spiritual journey in physical form. Labyrinths have been found in almost every religious tradition in at least the last five thousand years to include such diverse places as Egyptian tombs, Cretan coins, Celtic stones, Greece and even Minoan representations found in Arizona and New Mexico dating to the start of the Bronze Age, c 3000 to 1200 B.C. As noted, the “maze,” is actually a labyrinth and the legend has been used by the native cultures for centuries to help children understand the meaning of life: a visual allegory depicting the experiences and choices we make in our journey through life. It illustrates the search for balance- physical, mental, spiritual as well as social. Symbolically, the journey has been interpreted as either a journey out of the original darkness in the center (Tohono O’odham) or the reverse- a journey from the outer world into the spiritual center (Pima) where finds their dreams and goals and, when reached, the Sun God is there to greet us, bless us, and pass us into the next world. In actuality, both interpretations are correct in viewing the totality of the human spiritual journey out from the center of creation into the physical world and back again through the seeming “maze” that isn't a maze, to re-find our Divine Center. While there are many forms of labyrinth, depicted is a “Seven Path Classical Labyrinth.” Its’ circle with its seven rings, is a symbol of wholeness and unity and is, reflective of the world we live in and our longing for wholeness. This spiritual overview reveals the true significance of the twists and turns life's Path takes as actually having been guided by a Higher Power for the highest good of others and ourselves. It is a journey of Faith, and Divine Instinct, and since Faith comes from the heart, our traveler like the mythical vagabond flute player of yore, has been playing his guiding flute from the Heart. His flute is decorated with the blue feather of Truth coupled with the white feather of Surrender, under the all seeing eye of the Spirit Eagle soaring high above. With this his only possession, the Traveler stands at the threshold, reviewing at his feet the silver map of his Journey through the Labyrinth of Life, the winding path that adds up to the successful completion of his Journey to At-ONE-Ment- just “one small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind.”"

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