This amazing kind of energy moment
The First Time | Kirby and Don Pyle revisit the past and discuss Pyle's new photography book Shot in a Mirror launching this week from Midnight Mass Press in Toronto
![#1 White book cover for Shot in the Mirror #2 Istvan Nemenyi, King George Public School, 1972 beside a black and white photo of a teacher in a school yard #3 Don Pyle in 1977 shirtless in his bedroom with concert posters behind him. #4 Cabbagetown Group Softball League members sitting on the grass watching a game, 1981 #5 Martin [Crudo] Sorrondeguy, Susto, a 24” x 30” double-sided screen-printed portfolio/poster #6 Poster for Shot in the Mirror launch Saturday November 26, 2022 at Two Twos (296 Brunswick Ave) at 7pm.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58f96522-3c20-42a7-a555-ff230a69d99e_730x1008.jpeg)
![#1 White book cover for Shot in the Mirror #2 Istvan Nemenyi, King George Public School, 1972 beside a black and white photo of a teacher in a school yard #3 Don Pyle in 1977 shirtless in his bedroom with concert posters behind him. #4 Cabbagetown Group Softball League members sitting on the grass watching a game, 1981 #5 Martin [Crudo] Sorrondeguy, Susto, a 24” x 30” double-sided screen-printed portfolio/poster #6 Poster for Shot in the Mirror launch Saturday November 26, 2022 at Two Twos (296 Brunswick Ave) at 7pm.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F23c013ca-bcbc-41ec-925a-7442a9cc976b_2162x1509.png)
![#1 White book cover for Shot in the Mirror #2 Istvan Nemenyi, King George Public School, 1972 beside a black and white photo of a teacher in a school yard #3 Don Pyle in 1977 shirtless in his bedroom with concert posters behind him. #4 Cabbagetown Group Softball League members sitting on the grass watching a game, 1981 #5 Martin [Crudo] Sorrondeguy, Susto, a 24” x 30” double-sided screen-printed portfolio/poster #6 Poster for Shot in the Mirror launch Saturday November 26, 2022 at Two Twos (296 Brunswick Ave) at 7pm.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1239c53e-0b1d-4584-b2f0-2b1b5a6f9ca5_2560x1636.png)
![#1 White book cover for Shot in the Mirror #2 Istvan Nemenyi, King George Public School, 1972 beside a black and white photo of a teacher in a school yard #3 Don Pyle in 1977 shirtless in his bedroom with concert posters behind him. #4 Cabbagetown Group Softball League members sitting on the grass watching a game, 1981 #5 Martin [Crudo] Sorrondeguy, Susto, a 24” x 30” double-sided screen-printed portfolio/poster #6 Poster for Shot in the Mirror launch Saturday November 26, 2022 at Two Twos (296 Brunswick Ave) at 7pm.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e66e1a7-d6a4-487e-94cf-d00e0905a44e_1606x2560.png)
![#1 White book cover for Shot in the Mirror #2 Istvan Nemenyi, King George Public School, 1972 beside a black and white photo of a teacher in a school yard #3 Don Pyle in 1977 shirtless in his bedroom with concert posters behind him. #4 Cabbagetown Group Softball League members sitting on the grass watching a game, 1981 #5 Martin [Crudo] Sorrondeguy, Susto, a 24” x 30” double-sided screen-printed portfolio/poster #6 Poster for Shot in the Mirror launch Saturday November 26, 2022 at Two Twos (296 Brunswick Ave) at 7pm.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0ae472b-fdad-4e4e-bcef-298cf2201819_1008x756.jpeg)
![#1 White book cover for Shot in the Mirror #2 Istvan Nemenyi, King George Public School, 1972 beside a black and white photo of a teacher in a school yard #3 Don Pyle in 1977 shirtless in his bedroom with concert posters behind him. #4 Cabbagetown Group Softball League members sitting on the grass watching a game, 1981 #5 Martin [Crudo] Sorrondeguy, Susto, a 24” x 30” double-sided screen-printed portfolio/poster #6 Poster for Shot in the Mirror launch Saturday November 26, 2022 at Two Twos (296 Brunswick Ave) at 7pm.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd61a339e-71ef-49d8-ba6b-97b4d96c1fca_961x1243.jpeg)
Back at Don’s, he put on 4AD’s This Mortal Coil It’ll End in Tears I had no idea what I was listening to but knew I wanted more.
The opening picture of local Toronto legend musician/artist Don Pyle’s immensely personal new photography book Shot in a Mirror (launching November 26, 2022 from Midnight Mass Press) is a blurry shot of his grade 5 and 6 teache…