Labyrinths have many meanings. Two of them stand out: the fear of getting lost and the pleasure and challenge of exploration. These opposing meanings, not uncommon in symbols, explain partially our fascination with them. Labyrinths date back far into pre-history and, common to most cultures, they have been used to symbolize the unknown and the mysterious.

Labyrinths are structures thought to defy intelligence, that is, the cognitive abilities of understanding a given spatial layout. Labyrinths, finally, have aesthetic qualities in drawings and architecture.

Labyrinth traces plays with labyrinth forms on a background web of meanings. That which is not shown is as important as the visually accessible parts suggesting the notion of traces.