I love when things come full circle. In my job, I have to leave many things unfinished. So today was a very satisfying full circle.
It started with an email from what's new@mcgill with the heading Our Home And Creative Land. I don't always read all the details, and since I commute from the suburbs for work, I can't often participate in the events downtown.
I was meant to be teaching a course, but due to communication breakdown, the event was eventually cancelled, leaving me several hours on the east side of the mountain on a gorgeous day, and an idea to visit a Mile End Gallery to see a show.
This was the result. A spectacular mosaic of pen drawings based on a cross-country train tour gathering thousands of ideas from thousands of Canadians in one wall mural drawn on birch. Presented by two impressive Canadians with a lot of social awareness and an ambitious future. What a privilege to walk into their sphere on the last day of their show in the beautiful Mile End on Parc.
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| Canada's Self Portrait |
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| The artist's social commentary - Canada as an imperfect sheltering umbrella from the negative realities of bigotry, arrogance, ignorance, hate, close-mindedness, know-it-all, elitism, insensitivity and "shitstorm" |
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| My favourite compilation tile |
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| Rebecca's contribution - silenced by racism, sexism, homophobia, policies, government, "ableism" (ok; I had to look this up! It means discrimination people with disabilities) |
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| I love the three sisters (Canmore AB) and the three pines (loyalist symbolism that reminds me of Louise Penny's fiction) |
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| I think my daughter would love this one the most. It's beautiful and happy and celebratory with a lot of nature. |
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| Dynamic Duo Aquil (artist/marketer/idea man) and Rebecca (project manager/workshop facilitator for Ensemble/future law students). Check out the vimeo video: Canada's Self Portrait |
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