TOAD.
Temporary Obsolete Abandoned Derelict.
That’s the current category of Urban Infrastructure for this Wading Pool in Ashbridges Bay Park, Woodbine Beach, East Toronto.
It’s no longer a Wading Pool, nor will it the water pump ever be working again.
So, I painted a Labyrinth here years ago, and it is still there.
Quietly, in the middle of green space, this Labyrinth of mine . . .
In Toronto, A City of Labyrinths.
Exploring the Strathcona Neighbourhood in East End Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday…
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As I often say,
“Children never walk a Labyrinth, Children always Run!”
…even if it’s a painted Labyrinth in a Wading Pool filled with water!
My Labyrinth Designs often include Canvas Spaces at the turn-arounds.
You can see two such rectangular spaces in the “Scarboro Labyrinth” in the wading pool in Prairie Drive Park.
One with my name, and another without any artwork in it.
Perhaps Vertical Art like this Plastic Oasis piece can be placed in those squares and rectangles, leaving the Labyrinth path walkable without obstruction . . .
"Plastic oasis" at #artsinthepark at Prairie Drive Park in Scarborough. https://t.co/qdAldX4Zbr pic.twitter.com/YZtm4JBgHG
— Sean Howard (@passitalong) July 9, 2016
Labyrinth I painted, with help from Steve(!),
In the Wading Pool in Eglinton Park, Midtown Toronto . . .
Music + Parade approach my multi-coloured painted Butterfly Labyrinth on Kensington Avenue during Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market Toronto . . .
One of my older Labyrinths, I painted this one on the Traffic Island opposite Christie Street Subway Station, north of Bloor Street West in Toronto . . .
There used to be a water fountain in the middle, and thus the weird oval shape making up the enlarged centre of the Labyrinth.
The intention was you would walk the Labyrinth and then be able to get a drink of water using the fountain.
The fountain broke.
I painted the Labyrinth to draw attention to the broken water fountain.
Urban Acupuncture !
Rather than fix the fountain, the City of Toronto removed it.
I’ve been re-painting this Labyrinth ever since . . .
