Toronto+Vancouver City of Labyrinths Project

Sometimes I include the word for Labyrinth in different languages within or around my Labyrinth designs.

Often in chalk,

Sometimes in paint.

Yet always spellchecked against this list in the back of my Labyrinth Designs notebook . . .

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Among my signatures in the Labyrinths I design and make, are empty canvas spaces created in-between the turn-arounds.

Often in those canvas spaces, I draw or chalk or paint a smaller Labyrinth design inside.

In my online and real life Labyrinth journeys, I have only ever encountered two or maybe three instances that someone else had made use of this concept.

So, it’s mine. I call dibs. I claim this.

When you see canvas spaces within Labyrinths in Toronto, Vancouver, and elsewhere in the world where I have made and placed semi-permanent Labyrinths, you’ll know it’s one of mine.

It’s among my design signatures.

Labyrinths within Labyrinths within Labyrinths . . .

This image is good close-up of one of them within my Christie Pits Park Wading Pool Labyrinth in Toronto.

“Have you noticed these Labyrinths around Vancouver?

“You might wonder what they are…

“Well, they are kind of like a maze but they are different in that there are no dead ends and only one way to the centre.

“You can walk through them either in prayer as they were originally intended for or use them to meditate, think, or play.

“The beauty is that you don’t need to pay attention too much to your surroundings and only need to follow the path.

“This is to free your mind by willing you to be in the moment.”

– Counsel Me Vancouver

‘…The idea that murals add a colourful element that enhances parks was echoed by artist HiMY SYeD:

“Wading pools are only used for their intentional purpose a few hours out of the year.”‘

‘The Labyrinths that HiMY has painted on wading pools scattered throughout Toronto add an element of play for children whether there is water or not, increasing the hours they’re used. …’

– Tatum Dooley, Spacing Magazine Summer 2017, Page 17

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“Copyrighted Labyrinths get me down.

“To me it’s an open source archetype that passes from generation to generation building off the creativity, work, and tradition of anonymous craftsmen and women.

“If you like my designs feel free to share, use or adapt them….”

— Thea Verkerk, via Discover Labyrinths (Lars Howlett)

“Copyrighted” Labyrinths are Today’s Minotaurs.

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Newsletter – Volume 4 . Issue 1

Hello Himy
I was so pleased with your contribution to our newsletter.
You really live your Sufi name.
We hope our paths cross soon.
JoAnn