Thank you for this Labyrinth Report Shawn!
Appreciated!
We would like to report that
A> the god blessed fountain worked
B> the city has not power washed off Himy Syed’s (@LabyrinthsDOTca) fine wading pool labyrinth.Always love the wee exposed aggregate kid step.
Sign, in toronto fashion, warns not to touch mouth on fountain 🤷🏼♂️ pic.twitter.com/WZ1320jTQQ
— Shawn Micallef 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@shawnmicallef) August 14, 2023
Super Soaker Water Gun Fight inside the Octagon Labyrinth !
Another Sunday Funday at the Wading Pool Labyrinth in Budapest Park, Sunnyside, Toronto.
Why walk my Octagon Labyrinth inside the water-filled Wading Pool at Budapest Park, Sunnyside, Toronto . . .
When you can dance instead ?
Fire Spinning atop the Wading Pool Labyrinth in Christie Pits Park, Downtown Toronto . . .
The colours of my Labyrinth inside Randy Padmore Park in Downtown Toronto have held up well over the winter.
I may not repaint it all this spring nor summer, it’s still looking good and very walkable.
The lack of circle aglets at the ends of the turn-arounds in this 15 Lane Labyrinth Design are missing.
It still feels okay when you walk the path without aglets,
Yet it would feel so much funner if I do get around to adding them in.
So maybe not repainting the Labyrinth itself, but adding in the Aglets is something more for me to do to complete this Labyrinth Design.
Giving myself more work…
…Something like an Own Goal.
Note to self: Haha HiMY! Now you’re even more behind in Toronto Labyrinth Maintenance.
Grateful for your acknowledgement Monica,
Of my “East Toronto Labyrinth” in Ed McCleverty Equal Access Playground.
I often say,
“Children Never Walk a Labyrinth,
Children Always Run!”
The UofT Run Club also likes Running around my Christie Pits Park Labyrinth.
Middle of February 2023,
Warm enough for this little one to scooter around the Christie Pits Park Labyrinth . . .
Scattered twigs within The Path are expected this time of year when walking Labyrinths.
Observed from the South-West Octant Corner towards the centre of the Octagon Labyrinth in Budapest Park, Sunnyside, Toronto.
The Wading Pool in Hillcrest Park doubles as a Labyrinth,
Early this morning it tripled as the Workout space for Squad Fitness . . .
Wonderful moment of Fog engulfing Hillcrest Park,
And the Medicine Walk Labyrinth.
Looking carefully,
You may recognize the Four Colour Medicine Wheel plus “Tsí Tkaròn:to” painted within the South/Red Quadrant . . .
More excellent fog. An embarassment of fogs. pic.twitter.com/ztg8MWGlPk
— John Lorinc (@JohnLorinc) November 4, 2022
It’s Municipal Election Day in Toronto and elsewhere in Ontario.
While I’m NOT on the Ballot today,
When I was on the Ballot running for or to lead Toronto City Council in elections past,
A vote for me then was a vote for Public Spaces,
As urbanist author John Lorinc is providing you that same reason to vote for today…
#topoli Vote for public spaces. pic.twitter.com/YNdjoiu8iK
— John Lorinc (@lorinc@mastodon.sdf.org) (@JohnLorinc) October 24, 2022
The Photograph John Lorinc included in his get-out-the-vote tweet includes the Man in The Maze Labyrinth I painted on the surface of the wading pool in Marian Engel Park.
Rather than voting for Public Spaces and hoping for the best,
Nowadays I placemake Labyrinths as my contribution to Toronto’s Public Spaces.
Labyrinth Making is easier than winning elections.
And with the ongoing destruction of municipal democracy by Queen’s Park of late,
Maybe it’s more effective than voting…?
I expect a low, very low, voter turn out today.
That’s me.
I was painting in the orange colour Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada logo and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation logo inside an open canvas space within the East/Yellow Quadrant of The Medicine Walk Labyrinth in Hillcrest Park, Toronto.
Thank you Randy for sharing photos of my Octagon Labyrinth in Budapest Park.
After a summer’s worth of water filled Wading Pool Labyrinthing,
My painted colours have faded enough and it’s time for a refresh,
So that’s what I hope to complete before the snow falls.
