Chiderah Sunny spotted in yellow atop my Pass-Through Labyrinth painted on Kensington Avenue two summers ago . . .
Chiderah Sunny spotted in yellow atop my Pass-Through Labyrinth painted on Kensington Avenue two summers ago . . .
Longboarding down Augusta Avenue and over my Labyrinth at Wales Avenue,
Kensington Market, Downtown Toronto.
Sometimes,
Wandering Downtown Toronto on a Friday Night may bring you to a Labyrinth . . .
Like this one,
In St. Andrew’s Playground . . .
Yellow painted Pass-Through Labyrinth recognizable on the right . . .
Smiling along the Labyrinth Walk in Trinity-Bellwoods Park, Downtown Toronto.
“Secret spaces.”
The Labyrinth at the mouth of the Humber River, South-East of the Humber Bay Arch Bridge, is perhaps my most successful Word of Mouth shared Labyrinth Location in all of Toronto.
When Torontonians discover it,
Many instantly feel they have stumbled onto something,
Something secret,
And something worth sharing…
Children chalked a Heart!
AND chalked The Sun too!
Seeing some lovely child led additions to your labyrinth at St. Andrew’s Playground @LabyrinthsDOTca! pic.twitter.com/K93W38wAUU
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) August 11, 2022
William : “I like it kinda harder.”
Norm : “You want it harder? The Labyrinths?”
Willam : “Yes.”
Norm : “But do you like the Labyrinth in general?”
William : “Yes.”
Norm : “Yes.”
Norm : “Are you happy that HiMY did this? Because he just did it because he’s a very kind person.”
William : “Yes, I’m happy.”
Norm : “Say, ‘Thanks, HiMY.'”
William : “Thanks, HiMY.”
You’re very welcome William!
Many thanks Norm !
Happy Labyrinth Walking !
The Labyrinth in question. pic.twitter.com/STrcUAlctj
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) August 6, 2022
” Labyrinth of ❤️ ”
At the intersection of Augusta Avenue at Wales Avenue in Kensington Market, Downtown Toronto . . .
Dang I missed Himy! Always an illuminating chat and Beautiful urban acupuncture.
— Sean K (@seankillackey) July 31, 2022
Himy and I had such great conversations today; he’s a natural teacher! Definitely a pleasure to see Himy again.
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) July 31, 2022
Amazing!
— Sean K (@seankillackey) July 31, 2022
“A pleasure to see HïMY SYeD at work on his Labyrinth today at St. Andrew’s Playground.
HïMY has added some much needed ❤️ to the park;
Saw many children enjoying his Labyrinth.
“Urban Acupuncture” as he calls it!”
A pleasure to see @LabyrinthsDOTca at work on his labyrinth today at St. Andrew’s Playground. Himy has added some much needed ❤️ to the park; saw many children enjoying his labyrinth. “Urban acupuncture” as he calls it! #topoli #toronto pic.twitter.com/fcLivhACWT
— Norm Di Pasquale (@normsworld) July 31, 2022
I had previously outlined a Temporary-Permanent Labyrinth in Red paint and this is still pretty much what it looked like when I arrived Today, the last Sunday Afternoon in July, to properly repaint over the outline using yellow.
The above two photographs, also taken by Norm, were captured on Sunday May 8 2022.
My earlier Labyrinth outline painted in red was okay, it did the job.
By re-painting the Labyrinth using Yellow, and this time properly painting it, not just as an outline, it’s a much better fit with the yellow colours found around the different parts of the playground.
It’s now looks like it was always supposed to be there.
And for first time visitors to St. Andrew’s Playground,
It’s likely they’d feel this Labyrinth was always a part of the Park.
That’s how Norm felt.
He said the park was incomplete until my Labyrinth was added to it.
All the while I was repainting the Labyrinth in Yellow,
Children were hovering around asking their parents if they could walk, which really means running, around the freshly painted and rapidly drying Yellow Labyrinth.
After I answered the first few parents who asked that, “Yes, it’s dry,”, kids quickly began walking and running around and playing in their new Labyrinth.
I was so caught up in conversation with Norm, I forgot to snap photographs of any of the kids playing in it.
But they and their parents were having fun, and that’s what’s in my mind’s eye and memory on this Labyrinth Making afternoon.
Norm confirmed he’s seen people walking the Labyrinth all the time, and that was when it was only outlined in red.
Arrow beside the Heart at The Start points to where you begin your journey into the freshly (Re)Painted St. Andrew’s Playground Labyrinth.
The “Heart” ❤️ of the Labyrinth inside St. Andrew’s Playground in Downtown Toronto.
Weekend cravings ?
When Labyrinth Walking makes you hungry,
Bring your own Puccia Sandwich for when you reach the Heart of The Labyrinth !!
First time seeing an aerial drone photograph of my Labyrinth at the Mouth of the Humber River, south east of the Humber Bay Arch Bridge, oriented this way.
You can even spot the arrow pointing towards the entrance/exit of the Labyrinth.
AND you can easily see The Heart in the Centre !
Kinda cool to see an Aerial Drone photograph of people walking my Labyrinth at the Mouth of the Humber River !
Happy time.
My Labyrinth at the Mouth of the Humber River makes a cameo.
Aerial Drone Video flyover of the Humber Bay Arch Bridge dubbed to Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill earworm made current by streaming television show, Stranger Things.
Incidentally, to get from the Labyrinth to the Humber Bay Arch Bridge, you can choose to run up a hill, seen as the desire line path in the top middle-left of the photograph above.
Before you can enter the Labyrinth,
Someone has to make it.
So that someone is me,
Holding paint can and brush,
Looking serious and rocking my Kensington Labyrinth T-Shirt in Kensington Market,
While painting Labyrinths on Augusta Avenue during Pedestrian Sunday Kensington Market in Downtown Toronto . . .