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Chalk Labyrinths – Central Playground – Chinguacousy Park – Brampton

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July 30th, 2022 Permalink

Saturday Afternoon spent chalking three Labyrinths in and around the Central Playground of Brampton’s Chinguacousy Park. I was so focused on making the Labyrinths, I only took a few photographs. And altogether forgot to take any photographs of my third Labyrinth, a pass-through baltic design closer to the spray pad area. It was that time […]

Saturday Afternoon spent chalking three Labyrinths in and around the Central Playground of Brampton’s Chinguacousy Park.

I was so focused on making the Labyrinths,

I only took a few photographs.

And altogether forgot to take any photographs of my third Labyrinth, a pass-through baltic design closer to the spray pad area.

It was that time of day,

Before the photographer’s Golden Hour when natural lighting is at its best for image captures,

When long shadows make it challenging to properly photograph the Labyrinths I draw in chalk on the ground.

So I only took two more less than satisfactory photographs to simply remember and remind myself of the day.

People walking the Labyrinths came in waves, when one would walk, many then followed.

Perhaps as many teens and grown-ups walked them as the total number of children who kept returning to re-walk them.

I lost track of time and was mostly in the moment.

Making Labyrinths has become my Mindfulness practice as much as walking Labyrinths.

Around the largest of the afternoon’s three Labyrinths,

I chalked the word for Labyrinths in a number of Brampton’s most spoken Languages.

Somehow the late afternoon rays of sunlight peeking through the trees and landing upon my multi-colour chalk Labyrinth,

Looks very much like the colours of sunlight passing through the stained glass windows of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, as it illuminated the Labyrinth inside the Church.

Image I took of the Labyrinth inside Grace Cathedral in SF back in 2013.

“🤩” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Sir Casimir Gzowski Park – Sunnyside Boardwalk – Toronto

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August 23rd, 2020 Permalink

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“Yaaaaaaayyyyy!!!!!” – Labyrinth – Wading Pool – Lakeshore Boardwalk – Toronto

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August 5th, 2020 Permalink

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“Entanglement at Sir Casimir Gzowski Park enroute to am pull-ups” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Sunnyside Boardwalk – Toronto

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July 21st, 2020 Permalink

View this post on Instagram Entanglement at #sircasimirczowskipark enroute to am pull-ups A post shared by Sayf Hassan (@sayfh.a.s.s.a.n) on Jul 21, 2020 at 4:16am PDT

Labyrinths in Islam – Traffic Island Labyrinth – Masjid Qiblatain – Madinah, Saudi Arabia – Tuesday May 31 2011

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May 19th, 2020 Permalink

Today is Day 26 of Ramadan 2020. This video is from my journey to Madinah, Saudi Arabia in May/June of 2011. I was walking from my youth hostel to visit Masjid Qiblatain. Masjid Qiblatain is known for having two Mihrabs, or Prayer Niches. Originally, Muslims had faced north west from Madinah towards Masjid Al Aqsa […]

Today is Day 26 of Ramadan 2020.

This video is from my journey to Madinah, Saudi Arabia in May/June of 2011.

I was walking from my youth hostel to visit Masjid Qiblatain.

Masjid Qiblatain is known for having two Mihrabs, or Prayer Niches.

Originally,

Muslims had faced north west from Madinah towards Masjid Al Aqsa in Jerusalem when praying.

A time came when the Direction of Prayer, the Qibla, was turned south east towards Makkah.

Hence,

The Masjid with Two Qibla.

En route,

A traffic island in the distance somehow caught my curiosity.

Alhumdulillah,

A Triangle Topiary Hedge Labyrinth !

Discovering this was a HUGE moment for me.

Muslims in The Holy City of Madinah were also making Labyrinths !

Afterwards,

I found a a small playground near Masjid Qiblatain.

In that park,

I outlined a simple three lane Classic Labyrinth in the sand and walked it.

Turning north and south and east and west.

Not unlike the Turn in Congregational Prayer Direction from Jerusalem to Makkah in the Masjid I was about to enter and visit.

“Extra grateful today that we live so close to the water. Keeping our distance, but still connected… ✌️” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Playground – Sunnyside Boardwalk – Toronto

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March 20th, 2020 Permalink

Someone painted “No Exit” on the side of the water pump in the middle of my Wading Pool Labyrinth. Hahah ! View this post on Instagram Extra grateful today that we live so close to the water. Keeping our distance, but still connected… ✌️ A post shared by Julie Aubie (@julieaubs) on Mar 20, 2020 […]

Someone painted “No Exit” on the side of the water pump in the middle of my Wading Pool Labyrinth.

Hahah !

“There’s nobody out playing today! 🤔⛲️ Does that mean I’m the new master of the playground? 😈🤣” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Playground – Sunnyside Boardwalk – Toronto

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March 19th, 2020 Permalink

Earl Grey Schnauzer inside my recently repainted Labyrinth in Sir Casimir Gzowski Park beside the Sunnyside Boardwalk. With all the self-isolation staying-at-home we have to do right now, dog owners still have to walk their dogs, so why not take your dog for a Labyrinth Walk ? View this post on Instagram There’s nobody out […]

“Labyrinth in Christie Pits Park” – J. Guerrero – Christie Pits Park Labyrinth – Toronto

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October 21st, 2017 Permalink

Deeply Appreciative of J Guerrero for creating this Drone Photograph of the Labyrinth I painted in the Wading Pool in the middle of Christie Pits Park in Toronto. I may have imagined how it might look like from above, yet this photograph reveals so much and is so much more than I had ever seen […]

Deeply Appreciative of J Guerrero for creating this Drone Photograph of the Labyrinth I painted in the Wading Pool in the middle of Christie Pits Park in Toronto.

I may have imagined how it might look like from above, yet this photograph reveals so much and is so much more than I had ever seen in my mind’s eye!

Wonderful!

Thank you J. Guerrero!

Bonus Drone Photograph…

The round circle of bricks beside the basketball courts was my Original Labyrinth I painted in Christie Pits Park before painting the Wading Pool Labyrinth seen in the first Instagram image above.

Confederation Park Playground Labyrinth – Burnaby, B.C.

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August 11th, 2016 Permalink

Exploring East Vancouver, I walked far enough east along Hastings Avenue, passing Boundary Road and wound up in Burnaby. Exploring side streets introduced me to Confederation Park. It’s huge and Multi-Purpose. Found an empty spot of asphalt in the middle of a playground. Took my time with measurements and the result was a nice 11 […]

Exploring East Vancouver, I walked far enough east along Hastings Avenue, passing Boundary Road and wound up in Burnaby.

Exploring side streets introduced me to Confederation Park. It’s huge and Multi-Purpose.

Found an empty spot of asphalt in the middle of a playground. Took my time with measurements and the result was a nice 11 Lane Chalk Labyrinth.

Was told it’s an Italian Neighbourhood, however seven children from two French speaking families kept hanging around me whilst I was making the Labyrinth.

Initially felt this was a Francophone neighbourhood. Not unlike the feeling I got when hanging out Vanier, the French speaking pocket of Ottawa.

It was HOT today, I am so thankful for working water fountains, both to re-hydrate and to wash my post-chalk-Labyrinth-making powdered hands.

Kids kept asking if this was the only day I was here to make the Labyrinth. “Yeah”, I told them. That answer made them sad.

Now I have to go back… and maybe next time I’ll bring along some paint and a brush or two.

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“New playground at Wadsworth Park in the background of a fresh HiMY SYeD Labyrinth” — Victor Ford and Associates

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May 13th, 2016 Permalink

@vfa_landscape Visited #wadsworthpark again yesterday to re-measure wading pool; unusual actual radius/diameters … pic.twitter.com/Rr7AdeqKPP — HïMY SYeD 🍥 City of Labyrinths Project (@LabyrinthsDOTca) November 18, 2015 View this post on Instagram new feature climber was installed this week at #wadsworthpark …the rest of the playground is coming soon! #torontoparks #parkTO @torontopfr A post shared by […]

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“Happy Canada Day from Dufferin Grove Park!” – Wading Pool Labyrinth – Dufferin Grove Park – Toronto

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July 1st, 2015 Permalink

Through the water, You can see the red and blue lines of the Labyrinth I painted on the surface of the wading pool in Dufferin Grove Park in West End Toronto… View this post on Instagram Happy Canada Day from Dufferin Grove Park! A post shared by Mary Warner (@marywarner) on Jul 1, 2015 at […]

Through the water,

You can see the red and blue lines of the Labyrinth I painted on the surface of the wading pool in Dufferin Grove Park in West End Toronto…

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Happy Canada Day from Dufferin Grove Park!

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The Species of The Humber Watershed Playground Labyrinth – Howard Junior Public School – Toronto

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October 9th, 2011 Permalink

Recently, while exploring the photo sharing site Flickr, I stumbled upon a West Toronto labyrinth I never knew existed! Having learned it was within biking distance, I cycled over on Thanksgiving Sunday for a visit and a walk. It was exciting. Why? Because here was a labyrinth I had not painted, yet had been here […]

Recently, while exploring the photo sharing site Flickr, I stumbled upon a West Toronto labyrinth I never knew existed!

Having learned it was within biking distance, I cycled over on Thanksgiving Sunday for a visit and a walk.

It was exciting. Why?

Because here was a labyrinth I had not painted, yet had been here for years. Over time, people have shared their own sense of discovery, of stumbling upon, of surprise, experienced in their first encounters with one of my numerous labyrinths.

This thanksgiving weekend morning, it was my turn. To discover. To be surprised. To walk a labyrinth others had made. And to be appreciative.

Apparently this aqua themed labyrinth was created in May of 2008 to complement The Species of The Humber Watershed Mural which arches over the school’s playground entrance.

“The Species of The Humber Watershed

This mural was painted by students in Grade 5 with help from visiting artist Kathleen Vaughan and support from the Howard Arts Council

May 2008″

Both mural and labyrinth are wonderful additions to Howard Junior Public School’s playground in Roncesvalles Village, west end Toronto.

Time well spent and worth a future visit.