Medicine Wheel / Circle of Life #Labyrinth
Now in Progress…
On Traditional #FirstNations Territory#Labyrinths pic.twitter.com/asFvRfwmNd
— HïMY SYeD (@LabyrinthsDOTca) June 1, 2016
Labyrinth Maker Steve Purificati is working on finishing this four colour Labyrinth in Wells Hills Park, on St. Clair Ave West in Midtown Toronto.
In this sunlight,
Look closely,
You can make out Orange and White painted lines of my Grange Park Labyrinth . . .
Grange Park Labyrinth, an important part of Downtown Toronto’s Grange Park !
Great mid day walk through of Grange Park with members of GPAC and GCA discussing challenges and opps #TOpoli #ward20 pic.twitter.com/VFS3KHOOwn
— Anshul Kapoor (@Anshul_K) August 26, 2014
My Original colours of the Labyrinth in Grange Park were Blue and White with squares of Black.
The Blue was meant to match the Blue of the Giant Wall of the Frank Gehry addition to The Art Gallery of Ontario.
The White and Black was to match the White and Black of the Giant Floating Shoebox in the Sky of the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Both The AGO and OCAD were line of sight when standing in or around my Grange Park Labyrinth.
So the matching colour scheme seemed to reveal itself.
That was Winter and Spring.
It’s now the middle of Summer.
The Green Leaves of the growing trees have naturally veiled the line of sight between the Grange Park Labyrinth and the OCAD Shoebox.
So why not paint the Labyrinth using Orange to match the Giant Plastic Tube Slide on the Playground, which IS still visible, even from a child’s height!
The Grange Park Labyrinth has been in need of re-repainting for well into two full summers. It’s become one of this project’s most popular and well walked Labyrinths anywhere in the city.
Most of the north-south circuits had become barely visible, making Labyrinth walking almost impossible for all but a few people who already knew the path or could glean a few faded paint drops still in place. No joy.
It’s Thanksgiving Saturday, and I finally found the time and empty work space to make the restoration. Many regular park people are away this long weekend, plus the water main construction crew are also off the clock. They’ve been working all around the labyrinth, ripping up and repouring concrete, but not quite touching the labyrinth itself.
A few quick photograph panoramics for the Before shot, and after that, painting for the next hour…
Previously, the circuits were blue and white.
Blue in deference to the Giant Blue Wall of the Art Gallery of Ontario facing the park.
The white painted circuits were always intended to have squares and rectangles in the colour black, to match the Shoebox building next door up in the sky above the original OCAD Building.
But, I never got around to painting in those few black squares in all my previous repaintings of this labyrinth.
To speed things up this weekend, I made an editorial decision to only paint it in one colour. So for the moment, this is a white only labyrinth. When I next have time, I’ll come back with blue and black and hopefully, finally, paint the Grange Park Labyrinth as I had always intended.
With ALL circuits repainted now, it’s ready for you all to walk.
Enjoy your New Grange Park Labyrinth!
In the rain, my Grange Park Labyrinth remains walkable . . .
@HiMYSYeD I have always been curious how the lines are so event and clean. Looking good!
— Mike Layton (@m_layton) May 16, 2012
RT @agotoronto SO COOL RT @himysyed: 1/2 done repainting Grange Park Labyrinth. Next, add Blue to echo AGO's S. Wall pic.twitter.com/JUXG7A7pFz
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) December 6, 2015
The Maze gets a fresh coat #anonymousmindfulness @ The Grange Park http://t.co/DWo8YJ4D
— Eleni Alpous (she/her) (@elenithecamera) May 16, 2012
Blue and White colours of my Grange Park Labyrinth contrast well with Spring Green of the Trees plus Blue of Art Gallery of Ontario . . .
My Grange Park Labyrinth, painted in blue and white, can be seen in the bottom left of this image . . .
Golden Rays of the Evening Sun sets beyond my Grange Park Labyrinth in Downtown Toronto . . .
Most of the North South lines of this Labyrinth I painted Blue, thus matching the South wall of the Frank Gehry designed Box atop the Art Gallery of Ontario.
East West lines I painted mostly white, to match the Ontario College of Art and Design Shoebox floating in the sky above the main OCAD Building.
Sunset reveals white of the East West much more than blue of the North South.
My Grange Park Labyrinth remaining walkable this Winter . . .
Chinese Elders chatting beside my blue and white colour Labyrinth I painted in the centre of Grange Park in Downtown Toronto . . .
— HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) September 19, 2020