Today I went for a walk in my neighbourhood and ran into @LabyrinthsDOTca painting his newest labyrinth. I learned that this is a very rare evenly numbered (22 row) labyrinth design in Toronto's oldest wading pool. You never know what serendipity awaits in every stroll! pic.twitter.com/B1cFVl7FWO
— Jess Brodeur (@jessicaannebro) October 20, 2019
In Greek mythology, Icarus (the Latin spelling, conventionally adopted in English; Ancient Greek: Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, Etruscan: Vikare) is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth.
In Downtown Toronto, Kid Icarus is a Storefront in Kensington Market full of local handmade goods.
I had intentionally chosen to paint this Labyrinth in front of the Kid Icarus Storefront due to the connection with its namesake’s Labyrinth Maker father, Daedalus.
My pass-through Street Labyrinth painted on Kensington Avenue . . .
The gaps in the arcs of this Labyrinth I painted on Kensington Avenue reveals where wheels of motorized vehicles most often roll.
Kind of like Desire Lines but for vehicles instead of Pedestrians or Cyclists.
“Love could be mysterious,
Love might go as quickly as it comes.One second there was a couple in love,
Next second they are totally disappeared without a trace.”
Jazz Musician Richard Underhill with one of my Kensington Market Street Labyrinths in the backdrop for this portrait . . .
BMX Flatlanding . . .
Looking south down Augusta Avenue with the “# K E N S I N G T O N M A R K E T” and Street Labyrinths I painted and re-painted this past Pedestrian Sunday . . .
So many people step onto the Heart I painted in the Centre of my Labyrinth in Robson Square, I thought to re-paint several coats of Red so it may last a while.
It’s in need of a re-paint faster than I thought !
I wasn’t able to finish making this intersection Street Labyrinth the way it needed to.
Hopefully, during the remaining 2019 Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market, I can return to repaint and renew . . .
As hoped, my painted “# K E N S I N G T O N M A R K E T” is becoming a Tourist-worthy memory opportunity . . .
My now long-gone Bellevue Square Park Wading Pool Labyrinth tops this Quintych of panoramas around Kensington Market.
Nice surprise to see it appear again online!
