House of Larks

A lark is a songbird
to lark is to seek joy
A house is where you live
a House of Larks is where you seek joy

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About us

Toronto is a city filled with creative energy. Harnessing that energy, let alone funnelling it into a single room so we can build something with it, is another matter entirely.

House of Larks began as a community for hosting events in downtown Toronto, primarily based around creatives (or simply those looking to tap into their latent creative side) coming together to make some magic happen. We've previously run a variety of writing-related events, ranging from open-concept readings to themed, short-fiction workshops.

What we do next is up in the air. Like a bird enjoying the breeze, we'll be letting the wind take us in whatever direction it desires. Nothing is immortal, and so where we end up may not resemble anything close to what we originally expected.

There's something so freeing, isn't there? In not demanding a particular future of ourselves?

Larks

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noun: lark; plural noun: larks
A small ground-dwelling songbird, typically with brown streaky plumage, a crest, and elongated hind claws, and with a song that is delivered in flight.}

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noun: lark; plural noun: larks
Something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade.}

_{For your first lark, why not go on a lark about larks?}

Larks

The Song of the Lark

A famous painting by Jules Breton. A lone peasant girl pauses her work to listen to a lark singing in the distance.

Her emotional response to this moment of natural beauty is accentuated by the glow of the sun rising behind her, suffusing the landscape with golden light.

Morning Lark

A photo of a North African Thekla's lark near Tunisia, by Charles J. Sharp.

A "lark" (or "morning lark") is also a term for a person who habitually wakes up early in the morning, and feels most energetic just as the sun is returning to the world.

To a Skylark

"To a Skylark" is a poem completed by Percy Bysshe Shelley in late June 1820 and published accompanying his lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound.

It was inspired by an evening walk in the country near Livorno, Italy, with his wife Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

In Flander's Fields

"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.

In the poem, "The larks, still bravely singing, fly." Perhaps, despite the overwhelming horror of war, even the smallest bird can find its voice.

Shakespeare's Lark

A painting of a Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) by Missy Dunaway.

Shakespeare mainly employs the lark as a symbol for the morning. Most of the lark’s 27 appearances in Shakespeare’s works feature it welcoming the start of each day with a sweet song.