Toronto+Vancouver City of Labyrinths Project

Currently in progress,

I am painting a Labyrinth commissioned by the Chaplaincy at Holy Name of Mary Catholic Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario.

Parking Lot was agreed as the best candidate location for a Painted Labyrinth.

Available space for painting a Labyrinth was trapezoid/rectangular.

My final design was a Nine Lane Labyrinth plus two wings with spans of four additional lanes on either side.

Keeping the Concentric Circle arc design rather than using true 90 degree hard right angles will make for a funner and more flowing Labyrinth walking experience.

Plan for the day was to at least outline in paint my chalked design.

Retracing in paint a thin outline meant I need not worry about any rain which would wash away my chalk design outlining work.

Rain has been intermittent yet frequent enough this month to delay completion.

InshAllah, will finish painting it before the first snow.

Your Mission,

Should you choose to accept it,

Is to complete the Grange Park Labyrinth.

As always,

Should you or any of your IM Force be caught or lost,

The Labyrinth Maker will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

This message will self-destruct in 29 seconds.

Good luck

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Smilingly sitting atop the centre of Grange Park Labyrinth,

Little One in the red coat,

Reached the red Heart !

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Kseniya,

Grateful for your Kind & Generous Acknowledgment.

Thank you.

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“This is to HïMY @labyrinthsdotca whom I accidentally met at Budapest Park creating his biggest ground Labyrinth in Canada (!!!).

I had noticed that and many other wading pool Labyrinths in parks around Toronto before that,

and I thought it was so cool cause every time I saw children and adults really enjoying them.

I was sure it was a City of Toronto’s project of some sort,

BUT it is not!

HïMY is doing it all on his own and hasn’t sought payment for his creations.

He spends time to carefully measure and calculate a very elaborated Labyrinth pattern,

and invests his own money in the art materials.

He worked on this one, for example, for about two years.

He puts so much thought into the way he designs his Labyrinths, and so so much passion!

Just look at HïMY’s t-shirt, and undershirt, and notebook – everything is Labyrinth 😍

And he did his research how to write it in different languages 🙂

Dear @start_streetartoronto and @stepspublicart , I think HïMY totally deserves to be on the artists roster and bring even more of his interactive and meaningful creations to animate the public spaces ❤️

P.S. did you know what is the different between a Maze and a Labyrinth?

I didn’t, and I learnt from HïMY that a Maze has dead ends, but a Labyrinth doesn’t, you will always find your way to the centre ✨”

Fifteen Grade 9 Students at Brampton’s Only All-Girls Catholic Secondary School walking my second Proof-of-Concept Chalk Labyrinth.

The width of the Labyrinth outlines were chalked/re-chalked in 3 inch widths, the same width as my go-to size when painting permanent Labyrinths using paint rollers.

This second Labyrinth Candidate Location works.

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Because there is ample space on either side of my Nine Lane circular chalk design seen here,

Final design can include additional wing-like lanes afforded by the rectangular asphalt canvas space.