Art Gallery of Ontario.
Grange Park Labyrinth . . .
Arrow.
Heart.
Pigeon.
Summertime.
Art Gallery of Ontario.
Grange Park Labyrinth . . .
Arrow.
Heart.
Pigeon.
Summertime.
After OpenStreetsTO on Sunday afternoon,
I meandered my way to Grange Park to walk my Blue Labyrinth,
It’s still there,
Still painted on the surface in the middle of Grange Park.
Below the Blue Labyrinth there is enough space for another Labyrinth.
In recent weeks,
I have been randomly chalking a walkable Heart Labyrinth in this space.
Apparently, it’s still there.
This is the Heart at the Start of the Heart Labyrinth.
The curve on the left suggests a feeling like a ray from a rainbow landing on the Heart.
An F1 is a Cocker Spaniel and Poodle bred together to create a Cockapoo.
F1 is known as the first generation crossbreed.
Mochi,
Visiting from Mississauga,
Sitting atop the Heart at the Start of the Grange Park Labyrinth,
is an Apricot F1 Cockapoo.
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
” Labyrinth of ❤️ ”
At the intersection of Augusta Avenue at Wales Avenue in Kensington Market, Downtown Toronto . . .
“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.
Reaching the centre of The Grange Park Labyrinth makes for a smilingly-filled summmertime childhood memory.
When the sky above Grange Park is gray instead of blue,
The Blue of the Art Gallery of Ontario becomes the centre of attention rather than the centre of the Labyrinth…
Heatwave in Toronto happening now.
Why not cool down by walking the Wading Pool Labyrinth in Budapest Park along the Sunnyside Boardwalk ?
Find the water then start at the Heart !
My New Grange Park Labyrinth is now 11 days old.
Grateful to see it’s still there for all who wish to walk . . .
The Labyrinth I painted in St. Andrew’s Playground is well lit,
Making it ideal for evening and after dark Labyrinth Walks . . .
Carlo Osuna at the Grange Park Labyrinth Looking South.
Weekend cravings ?
When Labyrinth Walking makes you hungry,
Bring your own Puccia Sandwich for when you reach the Heart of The Labyrinth !!
First video found online of my “New” Labyrinth in Grange Park, Downtown Toronto.