What will 2012 hold for Toronto? Will we see more service cuts, higher property taxes and a playoff berth, maybe, for the Maple Leafs? We all have our own visions for the city, both what we like and what we’d like to see changed immediately. In the spirit of new beginnings and in the age-old tradition of starting over, we asked some of our favourite local personalities what resolutions they’d like the city to adopt in the new year.
***My resolution is below. To read what 15 other Canadians said -including filmmkaer Bruce LaBruce, city councillor Doug Ford and rapper Kardinal Offishall said check out: http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/31/be-it-resolved-resolutions-for-the-city-of-toronto-and-its-people/
Nina Arsenault (performance artist): “Everyone has to get as much breath into their bodies as possible through exercise, singing, athletics, yoga, meditation or whatever works for you. Having more breath will give you more empathy, more sensuality, more lightness, more brilliance, more outside-the-box thinking, more ferocity, more love, more libido, more stillness. You will have more life. Life will be more.”
painting: Deep Breath by Melanie Weidner 2005 www.ListenForJoy.com