Red & Black,
South & West Arcs of the Circle of Benches I painted and transformed into a Medicine Wheel,
in David Crombie Park, Old Town Toronto.
Red & Black,
South & West Arcs of the Circle of Benches I painted and transformed into a Medicine Wheel,
in David Crombie Park, Old Town Toronto.
Yvonne Bambrick, The CARDENer, and me in front of Meryl Street, Kensington Market’s new Garden Car!
We’re standing atop the Green Leaves with Yellow Veins which I painted around the Garden Car during the beginning hour of the First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023.
First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023,
That’s me painting Green Leaves around the new Garden Car,
And then painting the words “Kensington Market” with my signature letter “i” dotted by a Giant Spiral.
Grateful for this pair of images,
Thank you!
Earlier in the day,
Pedestrian Sunday,
I painted Leaves around the Garden Car in Kensington Market.
Also painted Kensington Market with my signature spiral dotted letter “i” alongside the Garden Car.
This is how it looks later in the day…
Had such a perfect date in Kensington market today 🥰 I love pedestrian sundays 💕 pic.twitter.com/1JnWNGmOCz
— 🪬Alicia Blum🪬 (@MeetAliciaBlum) May 29, 2023
I had the idea of painting Leaves around the Garden Car in Kensington Market for some time now,
Yet never got around to doing it.
On this First Pedestrian Sunday of 2023,
I got around to it.
The Green Leaves with Yellow Veins ended up being bigger than I was envisioning in my mind’s eye.
It really expands the Garden Car’s Personal Space,
Extending the Art part of the Garden Car into the street.
That’s me with Yvonne Bambrick in front of the brand new Garden Car,
Standing atop brand new Green Leaves with Yellow Veins I painted around the Garden Car.
The Garden Car is named “Meryl Street”!
Chalk outlines of the Leaves I intended to paint in Green with Yellow veins around the brand new Garden Car on the first Pedestrian Sunday of 2023 in Kensington Market…
These are the four arcs which comprise a Circle of Concrete Benches located inside David Crombie Park in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood of Old Town Toronto.
I previously painted the four arcs in the four colours of the Medicine Wheel, White, Black, Red, and Yellow.
The colours though looking less sharp than when I first painted them, are holding up.
Grateful for your Kind & Generous Acknowledgment.
Thank you.
“This is to HïMY @labyrinthsdotca whom I accidentally met at Budapest Park creating his biggest ground Labyrinth in Canada (!!!).
I had noticed that and many other wading pool Labyrinths in parks around Toronto before that,
and I thought it was so cool cause every time I saw children and adults really enjoying them.
I was sure it was a City of Toronto’s project of some sort,
BUT it is not!
HïMY is doing it all on his own and hasn’t sought payment for his creations.
He spends time to carefully measure and calculate a very elaborated Labyrinth pattern,
and invests his own money in the art materials.
He worked on this one, for example, for about two years.
He puts so much thought into the way he designs his Labyrinths, and so so much passion!
Just look at HïMY’s t-shirt, and undershirt, and notebook – everything is Labyrinth 😍
And he did his research how to write it in different languages 🙂
Dear @start_streetartoronto and @stepspublicart , I think HïMY totally deserves to be on the artists roster and bring even more of his interactive and meaningful creations to animate the public spaces ❤️
P.S. did you know what is the different between a Maze and a Labyrinth?
I didn’t, and I learnt from HïMY that a Maze has dead ends, but a Labyrinth doesn’t, you will always find your way to the centre ✨”
HiMY SYeD started making labyrinths as a child. Now they’re enjoyed by children across Toronto https://t.co/nxfQOyA9rO via @torontostar
— Jessica Dee Humphreys (@jessicadeehum) November 10, 2021
What a wonderful profile and article!!
— Maria Birmingham (@mkbirmingham) May 16, 2021
His labyrinth at our park, Earscourt, has saved our sanity during this pandemic when we weren’t able to use the playground right next to it for so long!
— Claudia Davila (@ClaudiaDrawings) May 17, 2021
Had the pleasure of meeting/interviewing HiMY for a story back in March 2012 when he did a labyrinth at #BeachTO – https://t.co/2Qo0uOqpvE pic.twitter.com/4IB0dRwIMG
— Joanna Lavoie (@JoannaLavoie) May 16, 2021
@LabyrinthsDOTca – thank you so much for the labyrinth at Toronto's Phin Park wading pool! I walk it during Covid – calms me down. One Q: the inner markings have worn off and I can't find a way "out". Is there a "plan" we can use to repaint parts or is it meant to be transient?
— Susan McMurray (@SusanMcMurray11) May 18, 2021
Noah,
Grateful for your kind, most kind, generous, and unexpected acknowledgement.
Thank you.
“If you’ve ever noticed the intricate beauty of a Labyrinth painted into a splash pad in a Toronto park,
Or even taken a few meditative and reflective minutes to walk its lanes,
You can thank this artist,
HiMY aka @LabyrinthsDOTca
He has made 200 of them across the city,
Unpaid and sometimes without permission.
He takes the time to learn about the people and history of the community so that he can represent them.
He returns to maintain them.
In his words,
They are an “Outstallation” for us each to experience in our own way.
They are a gift for which I am deeply thankful.”
HiMY SYeD started making labyrinths as a child. Now they’re enjoyed by children across Toronto https://t.co/uR4YQ8Abom via @torontostar
— Peter Terence Milne (OG) (@petermilne) May 16, 2021
#SundayRead: @LabyrinthsDOTca /@HiMYSYeD started making labyrinths as a child. Now they’re enjoyed by children across Toronto: https://t.co/5NV600D1xa via @torontostar
— Bob Georgiou (@BobGeorgiouTO) May 16, 2021
Labyrinth creator @LabyrinthsDOTca profiled!
HiMY SYeD started making labyrinths as a child. Now they’re enjoyed by children across Toronto https://t.co/aOe0MWsI0F via @torontostar
— Walk Toronto (@Walk_TO) May 16, 2021
HiMY SYeD started making labyrinths as a child.
Now they’re enjoyed by children across Toronto https://t.co/Nf5aSG83xu via @torontostar
— Denise Horoky (@FadedBleuJeans) May 16, 2021
HiMY SYeD started making labyrinths as a child. Now they’re enjoyed by children across Toronto https://t.co/Di3tcVRiof via @torontostar
— patricia rc (@greenlandhull58) May 16, 2021
@HiMYSYeD, so wonderful to read this! These labyrinths have always been good to see and inspirational. "HiMY SYeD started making labyrinths as a child. Now they’re enjoyed by children across Toronto https://t.co/3caejKV2Pc via @torontostar
— Matthew Burpee (@MatthewBurpee) May 18, 2021
Christmas Eve 2020 at The Vancouver Public Labyrinth,
Stones remain in place,
Path remains well trodden . . .
“Today the City of Toronto removed our Labyrinth as “graffiti” while leaving the actual graffiti on the benches and park furniture alone.
Every year they do this.
This year,
When this is my kid’s post-school calm down space,
It’s particularly frustrating.
Why can’t we have community art?
Luckily I know it will come back next summer.
It always seems to show up,
Magically in the night,
Until The City destroys it again.”
THAT’S ENOUGH THOUGHTFUL CONTEMPLATION, TORONTO, NOW GET BACK TO WORK
— Oliver Moore (@moore_oliver) September 16, 2020
Removing the labyrinth, eliminating nearly all garbage cans, driving trucks over the grass, ignoring drainage issues… The park could use better caretakers.
— Ryan (@theZube) September 16, 2020
Who's going to be there tonight to paint it back?
— Norman (((mask indoors in public, pls))) WilsonⓂ️ (@oclsc) September 16, 2020
where is @HiMYSYeD when we need him?
— nicolas bello (@nbellotoronto) September 16, 2020