BremerPark | Fine art of Karen Lorena Parker

“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

My life is an optimistic bubble even when times are tough. I’m a romantic. I can enjoy emotional rollercoasters because I’m thankful I took the risk to live. I get paint on everything: clothes, Iphone, Car… my brother’s dog. This may read like a Plenty of fish profile, but what I mean to say is: [..

My son puts on his new coat, and breaks ice like shattered glass with thick driftwood walking sticks on New Years Day. Light-weight organic hockey sticks, heavy, worn by the elements. Handled. Drawing XandO’s in the gravel… a favorite chosen stick gets re-owned by a large wet dog at McDonald Beach.

People watching is so fresh for me in my repatriation from Dubai — especially in Vancouver’s quirky cultural pockets. For the last two years in sterile Dubai there has been; no 40 somethings at the skateboard park, no men pushing prams, no pets, no lesbians kissing on the bench, no 19-24 year old de

Emoto, a Japanese author studies how positive energy affects water molecules. “The very same water that comprises over seventy percent of a mature human body and covers the same amount of our planet. Water is the very source of all life on this planet, the quality and integrity are vitally importan