A lucid state is the awareness of a subjective experience, often associated with dreams. In a lucid dream-state a person has both an awareness of being in a dream, and of the dream environment. This awareness allows the dreamer to manipulate the dream through memory, comprehension, focus and decision-making. The subjective state of a dreamer…
Category: Behind The Wall
Sloan, Sean O’Neill & 1st Thursdays
About a year and a half ago Sean O’Neill, Public Program Manager for the Art Gallery of Ontario, asked Jay Ferguson to DJ for the gallery’s 1st Thursday. It was Jay’s introduction to the event. The atmosphere was rich. The simultaneous mixing of music, drinks and guests took their own shape filling the wood grained Italia Galleria.…
Crowed Kingdom : Anser
We meander through our crowded kingdoms; this kingdom is called Toronto, passing by many nameless faces. The faces belong to you; to your family; your neighbour; people you may come to know at some future unknown date; and others you may never pass again; but at that moment in time your paths crossed. Perhaps on…
StART It Off Write
(above: Trinity Bellwoods Laneway) Last year StART funded a number of beautiful wall projects in Toronto in 2013. It was over one brisk October weekend between the launch of the Peperonata Lane project at Bickford Park and the Faile ribbon cutting ceremony on Davenport that Wllnttz was introduced to StART. (above: Councillor Mike Layton (right),…
How Do You Eat Your Pizza Pie?
We sit down in MWFB’s kitchen, next to an assortment of illustrations of his close friends and mentors. The artwork by Goon One, Kizmet32 and Snail stand out in the small studio/living room/kitchen. The lights are dim and the smell of apple pie fills the small yet cozy apartment. Spray painting started for MWFB back…
StART with a Faile
Not too long ago Wllnttz gathered at the Tollkeeper’s Cottage to hear Patrick McNeil discuss Faile’s new wall at Bathurst and Dupont. “It’s much nicer to see something on a wall rather than grey paint. So many cities have so much dead space. When you go to a city that starts to embrace arts and…
Paint it Pink
To say that Pascal Paquette is a complex person would be an understatement. Beneath this artist’s painted sky of nacreous clouds gravity is strong. How does he keep his feet on the ground the way he does, yet manage to extend to the stratosphere at the same time? One could say Pascal is an original…
Mony Zakhour
What do Einstein, Bob Marley, Spike Lee, Mona Lisa and Eddie Murphy all have in common? Aside from the obvious of being legendary and having made significant creative contributions to our lives and the world, they are just a few of the subjects, of the eminent portraits by Mony Zakhour. Although always drawing and sketching…
Wild to the Core
This past March, a friend asked me, “Do you know who puts up the duck? I see it everywhere on my way to and from work.” If you haven’t seen the plethora of WC tags or duck heads throughout the city, then you may be spending too much time with your head down playing Candy…
Legalize Potatoes, Vote Spud 4 Mayor October 27, 2014
There is one self-proclaimed candidate that has caught our eye for the next mayoral election. He had been dependably consistent in his campaign. Like no other he has managed to leave his mark on every corner of the city. When asked what platform he would be running on he declared Free Art Toronto Everyday, and…