Perhaps the Labyrinth I painted in the Wading Pool had a wee bit something to do with that enticement . . .
Nyah, it was splashing in cold water on a hot day !
Perhaps the Labyrinth I painted in the Wading Pool had a wee bit something to do with that enticement . . .
Nyah, it was splashing in cold water on a hot day !
Thank you Danielle !
Thank you Danielle!
Happy Labyrinth Walking!
🍥 🚶🏽♀️ ❤️
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) August 20, 2019
Sometimes Young Wading Pool staffers turn on the vertical Fountain Geyser atop the Water Pump in the centre of Toronto’s Wading Pools.
Some of those wading pools have Labyrinths that I have painted in them.
This is Christie Pits Park . . .
The colours are faded, yet still comfortably visible enough to walk the Labyrinth Steve & I painted in the Wading Pool in Eglinton Park, midtown Toronto . . .
The presence of water transforms the Labyrinth.
As much as the Labyrinth has transformed the Wading Pool . . .
In the now removed wading pool in Bellevue Square Park, I had painted the concentric circles of that Labyrinth in a wavy twisty style.
The idea was to mimic the look of the Labyrinth under water, for when the wading pool was water-free, which was most of the year.
It didn’t work out so well visually, and walkably, without the water.
I never painted another Labyrinth like that again.
The arcs of my Wading Pool Labyrinth appear wavy in Christie Pits Park, that’s the water doing that.
The Labyrinth here is indeed comprised of concentric circles.
Walking the perimeter of my Wading Pool Labyrinth in Christie Pits Park, Toronto…
Before Wading Pool season began this year in Toronto,
I repainted the faded arcs of my Labyrinth in Blue.
Grateful with how my Christie Pits Wading Pool Labyrinth looks filled with water . . .
Ships hunh?
Hmmm….
Has me wondering how well a remote control toy boat might navigate the Labyrinth in a Wading Pool filled with water?
Wading Pools double as Public Spaces where Toronto’s Little Ones can safely learn how to ride a bicycle, at their own pace, away from traffic.
Akin to kids learning taking their first steps safely in water, before entering the shallow ends of larger public swimming pools.
Wading Pools where I have painted Labyrinths, like this one in Eglinton Park in Midtown Toronto, become triply valuable…
Parents often use Toronto’s Wading Pools as training ground for bike ride training.
The painted lines which define my Wading Pool Labyrinths often become Lanes which kids learn to navigate . . .
When painting Labyrinths in Wading Pools, I do not consider my colour choices on what it will look like with the water filled in.
Looking at this photo, has me rethinking that decision.
It would be yet one more dimension to my use of Wading Pools as Labyrinth canvases . . .
Gil,
Honoured to hear my Labyrinths have become part of your kids’ childhood !
The various labyrinths of @HiMYSYeD have, collectively, kept my kids busy for many hours over the years. pic.twitter.com/8jmMq4aAE8
— Gil Meslin (@g_meslin) 24 July 2019