Labyrinth I painted on Augusta Avenue in Kensington Market, Downtown Toronto.
I imagine this photograph was captured before Physical Distancing went into effect due to the Pandemic Lockdown.
If you walk it, do so one person at a time, that’s the only way to guarantee enough space between people . . .
It’s February and you can still make out the painted lines of the Labyrinth I painted on Augusta Avenue during 2019’s Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market, Downtown Toronto . . .
Here is Shamez Amlani with his Bicycle atop the Heart Labyrinth I painted during Pedestrian Sunday in the Baldwin & Augusta Avenue intersection in Kensington Market.
Shamez is one of the four original Co-Founders of Streets Are For People, who championed Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market (and in two other Toronto Neighbourhoods as well).
He’s also my friend and has always supported the Toronto City of Labyrinths Project!
That’s me (re)painting the Heart Labyrinth in the middle of the Baldwin & Augusta “T” Intersection during Pedestrian Sunday Kensington Market . . .
“They say life is a race, but actually it’s a maze.
There’s one entrance and one exit and arbitrary milestones in between.
Some take longer, winding roads and some have straight clear paths.
It’s important to understand that life is incredibly complex like the maze and each one has their own unique journey to take.
We should learn to live with empathy and not compare.”
North end of Augusta Avenue disallows parking on both sides of the street;
Yielding a year-round full-width car-free canvas for my Labyrinths and the people who walk them . . .
Look closely and you can see the outer lanes of this Labyrinth are incomplete and open.
This image was captured before I finished painting the Labyrinth.
I stepped back out of view of the camera while this photograph was taken.
I almost never see such photos appear online.
Yet, this time I did, as I vaguely remember this moment . . .
That’s me painting the Heart Labyrinth in the middle of the Baldwin and Augusta Avenue Intersection in Kensington Market during the previous Pedestrian Sunday . . .
In Greek mythology, Icarus (the Latin spelling, conventionally adopted in English; Ancient Greek: Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, Etruscan: Vikare) is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth.
In Downtown Toronto, Kid Icarus is a Storefront in Kensington Market full of local handmade goods.
I had intentionally chosen to paint this Labyrinth in front of the Kid Icarus Storefront due to the connection with its namesake’s Labyrinth Maker father, Daedalus.
Squint closely and you might spot me sporting my blue Labyrinth shirt while painting the farthest most Labyrinth in this image . . .
Looking north on Augusta Avenue showing two of the four Labyrinths I painted here . . .
The top of my Labyrinth in the bottom of this photograph . . .
Augusta Avenue, Kensington Market, Toronto.
Maracatu Mar Aberto . . .
Atop the Heart Labyrinth I painted in the middle of the Baldwin & Augusta Avenue intersection in Kensington Market, Downtown Toronto . . .
