Meander (2020) Movie Review

Meander (2020) IMDB Prime

Meander movie poster

Meander is a French sci-fi film from 2020 directed by Mathieu Turi. The film starts with a woman laying in the road who needs to move out of the way of an oncoming car. The woman ends up accepting a ride in the car with a man and they begin a conversation. Things go south (no spoiler) and the woman ends up passing out. She wakes in a strange, small room with a device attached to her wrist and dressed in techy full body suit.

The majority of the movie becomes a series of obstacles that she must overcome to escape the maze of tunnels she is stuck in. Walls are moving, countdowns are happening, water is flooding, tunnels are heating up, etc. It is a 1 person version of The Cube but in happening tunnels. Add in a strange creature (possibly an alien?), and some flashbacks of her life and we get a science fiction movie.

Through trial and error we get a woman trying to solve the maze, using clues others have left for her to find the exit. Does she?

Interesting movie, but a but too weird for me. 4.8 / 10

Check out the trailer below.

How to Make a 7 Circuit Caerdroia Labyrinth

In this post I will show you how to draw a 7 circuit Caerdroia Labyrinth. I first became aware of this type of labyrinth, a variation of the Cretan labyrinth, when I saw it in the film, The Night House, which has a maze theme weaved into the storyline. This type of labyrinth is Welsh and they were used for gatherings of singing and dancing. To learn more about them check out Wikipedia.

How to Draw a 7 Circuit Caerdroia Labyrinth

Step 1 Draw the seed pattern

I came up with 2 possible seed patterns for this. The first is based on the classical 7 seed labyrinth and adjusted for the unique shape of this labyrinth. You can see this below in black overlaid onto the complete labyrinth in red. It uses a center cross (in this case offset), 4 L’s and 4 dots just like that seed uses.

The step by step instructions will use this seed, however there is another seed option I will review below.

Caerdroia Labyrinth seed pattern

Step 1 - Draw the seed pattern

Step 2 Note the Connection points

All seeds become labyrinths by connecting one point to another around the entire shape. For a 7 circuit you will need to make 8 connections as labeled below.

Caerdroia Labyrinth seed pattern with links shown

Step 2 Note the connections

Step 3 Note the location of the peaks and shape changes

In the northern part of the labyrinth, you have all circular pathways, and all of them have a peak that is centered between the first connection points (also centered above the center goal).

In the southern part of the labyrinth you have a square labyrinth. This portion of the labyrinth fills bottom half and a half step above the seed (this is an aesthetic choice by me - you may also use the seed as the point of shape change if you prefer)

Caerdroia Labyrinth design analysis

Step 3 Location and shape changes

Step 4 Draw and connect the pathways to create the labyrinth

After all the explanation above, connect the same numbered pathways to create the labyrinth. Connections 1-5 require (mostly) the drawing of semi-circles, while 6-8 require pathway extensions before drawing the semicircles.

Connect the pathways in order from left to right.

Caerdroia Labyrinth connections drawn

That completes the labyrinth, BUT let’s look at the other seed I mentioned above.

ALTERNATIVE Step 1 Draw the seed pattern

To simplify the connection drawing this seed requires only the drawing of semicircles, but a much larger seed which looks more like a very wide tree. There are still 8 connections to make, but they are more uniform. Just make sure you align all of their transition points from square shaped to circular shaped.

Caerdroia Labyrinth alternative seed pattern

All other step are basically the same, with just the drawing of your walls changing since you did more upfront work !

Caerdroia Labyrinth

OPTIONAL STEP 5 Make any Aesthetic Changes

You have options for the wall.to pathway ratio. Below I made them equal. The display of corners ( I chose soft below vs. sharp corners), and how the ends of lines will look (I chose rounded vs squared).

Caerdroia Labyrinth with thick walls

That concludes our instructions. Good luck in making your own design !

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The Night House (2020) Movie Review

The Night House (2020) IMDB Prime

The Night House movie poster

A woman has recently lost her husband to an unexpected death. Since we find out how 15 minutes in I feel like I do not need to say spoiler, but if you want to skip to the next paragraph do that now. It was a suicide that he did using a gun, and that is how the story picks-up, post death.

The wife, our main character is in shock about this and as she is dealing with the loss she finds a book among his things with architectural sketches of their house, which happens to also include sketches of a variety of mazes, including one that looks like a 3D level of a house:

The Night House maze scene

Then some weird things start happening, like some odd dreams and visions. And also we get a woman who is searching for answers to what happened among the things he left behind. This includes a book called Caerdroia that features a labyrinth on the cover. And the wife officially starts her own investigation into her husbands death as is common in the movies, but never happens in real life.

The Night House maze scene - Caerdroia Labyrinth book

Things get weirder from here. And at some point you will wonder what is going on. But you will like it. 7.2/10.

Check out the trailer below.

Maze of the Week #21 - Dolles Salt Water Taffy Sign Maze

This is a great week to go to the beach. This week I bring you maze #21 from Delaware with this Dolles Salt Water Taffy Sign Maze. This particular maze is a free drawn construction. If you have been to Rehoboth Beach in Delaware you have seen this sign !

Some information about Dolles Candyland

Was located at the corner of Rehoboth Avenue and the Boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware since 1927, one year after it was established, but was moved in December of 2021. You can read about the history of the company on the Dolles website. Visiting the website will definitely make you hungry. Salt water taffy happens to be the most popular product.

In December of 2021 the sign MOVED as shown in this video from the local news.

And here is a photo of the iconic sign:

Dolles Salt Water Taffy Sign

Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The maze:

A full color maze through the letters from the original location of the sign.

Dolles Salt Water Taffy Sign Maze

Dolles Salt Water Taffy Sign Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. You can find downloads of the maze on the sign maze section of the site

Coming next week:

A lighthouse maze