Signs of positivity have been hiding in plain sight around a few neighbourhoods in Toronto. I've been seeing these signs for at least a year, perhaps longer. Now that I'm back in the season of running and training for a race in the fall, I've started to re-notice these signs and have decided to document them, snapping photos of them whenever I pass them on my runs.

When you get up close the signs depict a series of images that feel very positive to me. Some of them visually sound out their message.

Some of the pieces are more abstract and leave me wondering. What are "eyes + ears"? Does it mean, Look and Listen?. I'm particularly fond of the rendering of the moon (middle photo of the collage above). Look at the moon. Gaze in awe at it.

It's a taste of wonder and intrigue, bolted up and waiting for those passing by slowly enough to notice. I extracted the GPS data from the photos and plotted the locations with yellow diamonds on the map below. By the end of my running training I hope to find a few more.