Karen Van Ark

passions & preferences:



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love. mutual respect & care (above all) ~ humor. especially dark one (so important) ~ creativity (couldn't be without) ~ curiosity & open-mindedness (wouldn't ever want to be without) ~ trent reznor ~ tori amos ~ james maynard keenan ~ serj tankian, tom morello & the axis of justice ~ nyc & new england ~ nick cave ~ calvin & hobbes ~ jeanette winterson ~ david lynch ~ single malts ~ once (movie) ~ muse & muses ~ donnie darko ~ robin proper-sheppard ~ rainer maria rilke ~ gilmore girls ~ haruki murakami ~ (post)punk & progressive ~ recoil & depeche mode ~ coffee ~ again: love. loving. and, of course, being loved in return ~ alec empire ~ alessandro baricco ~ the open sea ~ little islands ~ jonah matranga ~ the big bang theory (tv series. cosmological model's also thrilling. a bit less humorous, though) ~ gary larson ~ soderbergh's solaris-adaptation ~ that very special glow of green meadows after a thunderstorm ~ that very special glow of four eyes after the first kiss ~ placebo ~ architecture ~ laurie anderson ~ air (band & element) ~ water ~ impulsiveness & integrity ~ intelligence & the capability of abstract thinking ~ ireland & iceland ~ cats (of any size and kind) ~ darren aronofsky ~ andy goldsworthy ~ the avengers ~ fever ray ~ 'snow crash' & 'shockwave rider' ~ sophia coppola ~ kids (movie & small humans) ~ tomandandy ~ massive attack ~ dreams & nightmares ~ philosophy ~ brain research ~ beck's & jever beer ~ bali ~ sense of style & aesthetics ~ the "&" character ~ cooking ~ takeshi kitano ~ andrej tarkowskij ~ audrey hepburn ~ snow ~ iamx ~ generosity ~ having a family, someday ~ sense of irony ~ science & thirst for knowledge ~ monty python's flying circus ~ frogs ~ portishead ~ luhrmann's moulin rouge & the art of being bohemian ~ astrophysics ~ lem & lovecraft ~ philip glass & michael nyman ~ sunrises ~ pi (the movie. yet math's a fascinating field, as well) ~ bauhaus (band & art) ~ scores ~ scandinavia ~ people sensing a difference between devotion and self-sacrifice ~ people not regarding self-confidence & sensitivity as being contradictory ~ ernst horn ~ jim jarmusch ~ derek jarman ~ *dry* white wine ~ anne clark ~ peculiarity & singularity – if not contrived ~ korn ~ jorge luis borges ~ fall storms ~ tim burton ~ the art of using language as an art form ~ stanley kubrick ~ everyone showing personality & charisma, ambition & passion, empathy & sympathy, heart & soul, intuition & brainpower - preferably in accordance with each other.



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