Art to reduce stress sparks religious debate in Delano

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Photo: Veriditas.org

Bob Collins
July 27, 2016, 8:43 AM

An artist’s 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/

[guillaumeb]

1. You need to take a walk Councilman Franzen. eom

[handmade34]

2. excellent response

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3. I wonder if he'd feel better if it was a maze.

[guillaumeb]

4. Which begs the reply........

I think he would be amazed.

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5. Or dismazed.

[guillaumeb]

6. I should alert on that.

A pun that bad should be an offense.