yesterday's walk

It was important to be in the know, to keep up with, especially when things here got added on to at such a rapid compound rate. On the other hand, being up on, having awareness, clocking everything - both of rumour and of actuality - didn't prevent things from happening or allow for intervention on, or reversal of things that had already happened. Knowledge didn't guarantee power, safety or relief and often for some it meant the opposite of power, safety and relief - leaving no outlet for dispersal either, of all the heightened stimuli that had been built by being up on in the first place.
--Anna Burns Milkman

I left an appointment, yesterday, and walked toward the subway, making a detour for the Central Y to check on programs and prices.

Line 1 was down, so I walked up Yonge Street toward Line 2.

I had studiously avoided both the news and electronic media, longing for a pause in the storm.

I had my camera and a wide lens.

Jan was losing hope, pleading his cause.

The boy perennially pulling his cart and the runner on the poster in the window were both heading east.

"Don't just noodle": commerce called for productivity.

The dance continued on Yonge, ever in transition.

Some things recalled another time.

Late August clouds drifted.

Closer to the station, the street brightened.

Then, darkened.

I waited for my train.

All the images were made within an hour of each other on the afternoon of August 29, 2025. I had not planned the walk or its stops beyond my original appointment and the visit to the Y. I was not aware of any events, like the demonstration for Gaza, before happening on them.
Images are in the order in which they were taken. They are "straight out of camera," unedited. Olympus E-OM1ii, Olympus 7-14mm PRO.

Patrick Keiler's London is available to stream on Kanopy through your public library. The eponymous book is as well. No comparison is intended. Gratitude is.

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