“Sweet tooth” graffito, Riverside District
Jess over at O Solo Mama would like you to know the seven weirdest things about me. Because I tend to be rather long winded (see? I’m admitting my problem. It’s the first step towards recovery), I’m only going to give you five. But to put a little twist on this meme affair, I will ...
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“Breathe Your Dreams Alive” graffito, alley near Trinity Bellwoods Park
But what if your lungs feel just plain empty?
“Please believe” graffito, alley behind Gore Vale Avenue near Trinity Bellwoods Park
If Canada were a region plagued by the tsetse fly, my tendency to fear the worst would have me believing that my current symptoms — namely, “bouts of fatigue punctuated with manic periods progressing to daytime slumber and nighttime insomnia” — indicate I’m suffering from sleeping sickness. Logic, ...
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“Flow” garage, somewhere north of the Danforth
In this melting heat? In the loft, the third storey of this old Victorian, where the close, torrid air gathers thickly like honey in a jar? At my scorching desk, where the backs of my forearms peel off the base of my laptop like a bandage from skin? Here, now, my creative energy is most ...
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Another pointed question, Queen Street West
There’s no fooling around on Queen Street West — they ask some tough questions over there on artists’ row.
The graffiti-fest here at Cursive Mechanics continues, and today I went back into my photo archives for this shot, just to reassure you, journal and readers, that the recent lack of posting is owing ...
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“You’re walking through poetry” bench, Trinity Bellwoods Park
For a blog that started out as a celebration of a daily view beyond Toronto’s city limits, posts about my own backyard find their way into this space more often than I would have thought. But the streets, back lanes, alleyways, and courtyards in this neighbourhood hold an infinity of stories, and ...
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“R” graffito, Lower Don Recreation Trail
It is summer, so Ronny’s white plastic deck chair is out for the season. I see him sitting in it every night on my way home from work. I round the corner to walk three-quarters of the street’s length home and there he is, in the shade of the northside building’s roof overhang, facing the street, ...
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Best graffito ever, along the west side of the Don Valley Parkway
I remember when I saw this brilliant graffito for the first time. I was on the subway, travelling west across the Bloor Viaduct — one of the few places on the Bloor-Danforth line that the train sees the light of day. This stretch of track between Broadview and Castle Frank ...
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“Tempo” graffiti at Gerrard and Pape
As you might have noticed, things have been extremely slow at Cursive Mechanics this past week. I spent most of it incapacitated on the couch with a virus that stayed cemented in my head — today was the first morning since last Monday that I woke up without my throat feeling like its surface layer has ...
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