Bottom’s Up! …hahaha
The Great @HiMYSYeD!
— Sean K (@seankillackey) 4 November 2019
In the west end, by the dinosaurs, by the lake, by the pool
— Shari Kasman (@smkasman) 4 November 2019
Oh cool Budapest Park.
— Sean K (@seankillackey) 4 November 2019
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!
“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.”
Children never walk a Labyrinth, Children always Run !
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 . . .
Two of the original four Labyrinths I painted to create Labyrinth Pier have weathered yet remain visible enough to walk . . .
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.
This is the 15 Lane quintile ( five section ) Labyrinth I painted in the wading pool in Randy Padmore Park in Downtown Toronto.
I re-imagined the entire process of how I make my Labyrinths, thus allowing me to create 15 Lanes in a space where previously I might only make an 11 Lane design.
I’m very happy with how it turned out.
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 . . .