Category Archives: life and death
Confronting the Past: Lessons from “The Atrium”
You have just experienced a traumatic car accident and then suddenly find yourself within a long, roofless, hallway that appears to be an atrium. This mysterious hallway is decorated with framed pictures that depict doorways into key moments in your life.
From a young boy to an older adult, a man navigates through a journey of self-reflection that forces him to confront prior life decisions and trauma that have shaped his existence. Reliving these past events causes him to examine his emotions, morals, and motives, and evaluate how he can overcome his past indiscretions and experience a life that is enriched in compassion and purpose rather than self.
The Atrium causes us to take a good look at how we treat other people, reevaluate our past, and create a new paradigm for the future that will alter our outlook and empower not only our lives but those around us.
Solitaire allows us to see the battle of the life and death experience by adding a layer of tension and anticipation, while demonstrating that there is still the possibility for growth and redemption.
Solitaire
Life & Death – Pivotal Moments
Writing a book is hard work and writing on a regular basis is occasionally a struggle. It may not happen with every book you write, but depending on the subject matter, your story can get somewhat complicated and leave you in a quandary as to where to proceed next – and did I mention the unending distractions that intrude on your concentration whenever you sit down at the keyboard? Well, life happens, and you just have to find a work-around. Sometimes your best ideas come when you’re not in front of the computer. Talk to a friend or go outside and take a walk. A change of scenery might be what puts an end to the brain fog or confusion or sparks that next idea.
I’m in the process of writing a book called “The Atrium” which I am striving to finish in the next few months. It hasn’t been a straightforward narrative and somewhat complicated, as it deals with the struggle between life and death. It is a candid exploration of how one man deals with not knowing if he will live or die and how he reacts to past events. If he dies, can he make peace with his life? Will he have a future, and if he does, how will it change his life going forward?
The subject of this book is not a simple one, but it will hopefully make you stop and reevaluate your life, if only to perceive a new understanding of experiences and people. The connections made and compassion that we show can bring about a new clarity to our lives and those around us that can make a difference. Writing this book has been an eye-opener for me and it is my wish that it will do the same for those who read it.
Solitaire
Solitaire Parke - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books 