A Worn Journal of Fieldnotes

  • Philosopher’s Walk, Toronto

    Physical copies of this zine are available at The Beguiling in Kensington Market! January 14, 2025, The cold darkness of the winter night pries at the thick layers I’ve bundled myself in as I leave the parking lot by Wellesley subway station. The noise of the city surrounds me: the slurry of tires cutting brackish…

    Taylor

  • The PATH, Toronto

    Taylor Thompson, “‘I See a Connected Community’ by Brookfield Properties (The PATH, Toronto),” December 31, 2019. After friends of mine shared an article with me about the Toronto PATH, in which a journalist called it “a classist dystopia” (Vila 2019), I decided the PATH would be a great place to visit next for my zine…

    Taylor

  • Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke

    Taylor Thompson, “Woodbine Racetrack Entrance (Etobicoke),” November 30, 2019. Nov. 30, 2019 I am standing on the curb of Rexdale blvd. and Queens Plate dr., just after arriving by bus. The day is brisk, and the clouds are overcast, but the occasional sunbeam cuts through the cover. All around me are the sounds of vehicles:…

    Taylor

  • Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto

    Taylor Thompson, “CN Tower Behind Tommy Thompson Park Treeline (Toronto),” June 17, 2019. Nov. 8, 2019 It is early afternoon, and the day is cool, crisp, and bright. I am standing on a foot-beaten path, gazing at the pools filled with dead branches and debris. There are two herons circling; they swoop past me and…

    Taylor

  • Queens Wharf Lighthouse, Toronto

    Eric Arthur, “Queen’s Wharf Lighthouse (1861),” in Toronto: No Mean City (University of Toronto Press, 1964), 152. A physical zine copy of this adventure can be bought from my marketplace shop here. I chose this photograph of the “Queen’s Wharf Lighthouse” for this project because it struck me. Lighthouses are, in a way, little saviours…

    Taylor