Jack o’Lantern Labyrinth
Sorauren Park Pumpkin Parade, the morning after
The Sir Casimir Gzowski Park wading pool was my second labyrinth stop on this Thanksgiving Sunday 2011.
Having biked from Howard Junior Public School after experiencing their Species of The Humber Watershed playground labyrinth, I was en route to Butterfly Park just west of the Humber River. The original intention for the day was to create a giant Butterfly shaped labyrinth design. It has been on my mind for the past two summers, and today I finally made the time.
Watching a mother and son walk my wading pool labyrinth brought a smile to my face. Looking over to children climbing the nearby playground equipment, my eyes were drawn to the empty spot on the beach immediately south of the boardwalk.
As often happens in my labyrinth building, serendipity takes over and something else, somewhere else gets built first.
Only a moment was needed to decide to abandon plans for the Butterfly Labyrinth. Maybe it will get done next summer? Or the summer after that?
…I began measuring, then outlining circles in the sand… More Photos
Recently, while exploring the photo sharing site Flickr, I stumbled upon a West Toronto labyrinth I never knew existed!
Having learned it was within biking distance, I cycled over on Thanksgiving Sunday for a visit and a walk.
It was exciting. Why?
Because here was a labyrinth I had not painted, yet had been here for years. Over time, people have shared their own sense of discovery, of stumbling upon, of surprise, experienced in their first encounters with one of my numerous labyrinths.
This thanksgiving weekend morning, it was my turn. To discover. To be surprised. To walk a labyrinth others had made. And to be appreciative.
Apparently this aqua themed labyrinth was created in May of 2008 to complement The Species of The Humber Watershed Mural which arches over the school’s playground entrance.
“The Species of The Humber Watershed
This mural was painted by students in Grade 5 with help from visiting artist Kathleen Vaughan and support from the Howard Arts Council
May 2008″
Both mural and labyrinth are wonderful additions to Howard Junior Public School’s playground in Roncesvalles Village, west end Toronto.
Time well spent and worth a future visit.
Chinese Elders chatting beside my blue and white colour Labyrinth I painted in the centre of Grange Park in Downtown Toronto . . .
Sometimes people skateboard through my Labyrinths rather than walk . . .
Muslims in Toronto have been marking the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan with Eid al Fitr.
I attended GTA Eid at Metro Toronto Convention Centre hosted by Muslim Association of Canada.
After prayers, Muslim children, namely brothers Omar and Ammar and their big sister, helped create a Labyrinth using masking tape.
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) September 19, 2020
All right. On to the next #Labyrinth. Sunnyside and bottom of the Humber river. Let's see how 'Baraka' is in this paint can… Running low.
— HïMY SYeD (@HiMYSYeD) June 19, 2011
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) September 19, 2020
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) September 19, 2020
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) September 19, 2020
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) September 19, 2020
After the Rain,
And Through the Leaves,
Blue and White lines of the Grange Park Labyrinth as seen from the Art Gallery of Ontario.
We had heard rumors.
Walking outside of Christie station on the TTC, we look down… suddenly we see it… artfully laid out on the ground… The labyrinth.
No, this has absolutely nothing to do with David Bowie.
