The previous pictures were all taken on Thursday, the first full day in Toronto. On Friday, i was fortunate enough to walk down the art district part of Queen Street. I say "fortunate" because one of Jason's co-worker's girlfriend went with me.
She is from Quebec and had been living in Toronto for a few months with her boyfriend. I was very excited to meet with her because she has a background in art and shares the same passion i do. She also recently graduated from college with a media arts degree and was feeling the same way as i did; the sense of, "how do i make a living with art?"
Anyways, the first picture you saw above is of a building with a great mural painted on it. Did you notice the giant white insects crawling around the top of it? One reason why i'm glad bugs are smaller than me.
This is just a random picture as we were walking along. It seems like a city can't be a city without squishing buildings together, leaving no room to breath. It's interesting to see just how random each storefront is. This also demonstrates the evolution of outdoor malls.
Back at my home, it's one giant building with minor edits to the storefronts. County commissioners, or what-have-you, scream about making sure that retail stores blend into the background. It's like no one wants to admit that they truly are talking up a ton of space.... i digress. Anyways, the bottom line is, I spend a lot of my time with my head up in the air looking for the sign of the store i want...
This was rather interesting. We weren't sure if this was a "sign" for someones gallery or not. We tried the door and it was locked. The building inside looked to be abandoned but we couldn't really see too much into it.
The above picture, and all of my pictures unless otherwise noted, is taken with my iPhone. It is taken without any filters etc. Just natural light, and a point-and-shoot perspective.
Below is a second picture i took of the same thing, but i used my Toy Camera app. LOVE the toy camera app. You will see a few more examples as we go along.
As we walked along Queen St. we were looking for specific galleries. Since we had most of the day, we took our time and walked into a few other galleries as we went. We saw an old church across the street that had been converted into what appeared to be a gallery/ restaurant/ art school. It wasn't really clear though what was in the building and so we weren't 100% sure if we should go in or not.
We debated and then decided what the heck. I think we both felt we were on a quest to find that inspiration we had when we were in school. The freedom to just go anywhere art was because we were students and that's what students did. It doesn't make sense i know, but it does.
We walked through the front door of the building and we went up the stairs. As i looked down i snapped a picture of the entrance using my app. There is so much to say yet not so much. This picture is truly a thousand memories. While i'm not religious, i think churches are wonderful places to hang out in. I have fond memories if being in a church basement. Sitting in the girls bathroom with a few girlfriends and yammering away as my brother sat through his boy scouts meetings. What's interesting is, it's the linoleum in this picture that reminds me of this.
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