Vancouver is a beautiful. I often find myself basking in awe of the resplendence. There are few places I have seen in my lifetime that rival this truly portentous surroundings. And certainly, there is no other place to better experience the Vancouver lifestyle than standing in Stanley Park. The scintillating sea, [...]

The sky cried all night long. Her breath is cool and damp. I still feel her tears, light and soft. Her mood is changing - she was agitated just a few moments ago, but now she is quietly reflecting on the events that came to pass. I know her well. She [...]

I was first interested in perfectly discernible image - subjects whose form I can clearly recognise and name. It helped me relate to the artist. However, as of late, I am increasingly becoming more interested in abstract or semi-abstract forms. Although there is little in the way of expression that I can [...]

I do like animals. I like to watch their movements, their behaviours, their interactions each one another within the community, their instincts, their habitats… Observing them always reminds me of the great power evolution wields in all biological life that unfolds in our ecosystem. It becomes even more awe-inspiring when the animal [...]

“In 2002, when Seung Woo Back visited North Korea for the first time, he took snap shots of the city of Pyongyang while under the surveillance and control of the accompanying guards. He was only able to shoot limited areas, and even had his films censored, but the camera had captured parts that even [...]

I heard of an altercation between man and animal over the radio the other day. This man, acting on his impulses to be at one with nature, built his house in the mountains. To protect himself from the wildlife that inevitably pay him a visit in search of food, he installed traps around [...]

To create movement from paint and brush strokes is no easy feat. I have tried to no avail to perfect my skills in this regard. It is therefore not surprising that Austrian artist Herbert Brandl’s work floored me entirely. Majestic and visceral, they are rich with allusions to exuberant natural forces and [...]

ONE cannot choose but wonder. Will he ever return? It may be that he swept back into the past, and fell among the blood-drinking, hairy savages of the Age of Unpolished Stone; into the abysses of the Cretaceous Sea; or among the grotesque saurians, the huge reptilian brutes of the Jurassic times. He [...]

Conflict involves opposing parties. When there is a war between two countries, the two are involved in a conflict. They will perhaps lure their allies into the conflict, and all sides will suffer casualties. We cry for the casualties and decry the war. Do we ever cry for the battlefield? [...]

I recently tried my hand at typing on a typewriter - it forces you to exert a lot more pressure than you would when performing the same task on your computer keyboard. I was amazed at how closely typing on a typewriter parallels the playing the piano. I am a classically-trained pianist, albeit [...]