"If Wishes Were..." was my proposal for a Public Realm sculpture based on the readily understood (in North America) practice at Christmas and Easter of wishing on the neck bone of the turkey eaten at these family feasts.

Venice has its “Bridge of Sighs”. I propose that Toronto should have a “Bridge of Wishes” or perhaps a “Wishing Way’. Either of the Don Valley or Humber River path ways or bridges could become the venue for this sculptural eccentricity. Typically North American in origin, the concept of “wish” bones is immediately understood. The Wish Bone Way could become a tourist draw and a site for numerous photographs. Along with Casa Loma and the turn of the Century University of Toronto buildings, wedding parties would search out this venue for their post wedding photos. It could become their way of wishing the best for their futures. Should this sculptural passageway actually be made I would see it in translucent fibreglass lit up from within. An alternative format would be cast concrete.