Night of Dread

This weekend in Dufferin Grove Park, a very unique space in Toronto with a vibrant community and personality all of its own, there will be a Night of Dread parade where participants are invited to dress up as what 'fears you most' to 'parade it, mock it and dance it'.

As I drove to work, I pondered how I might visually intepret some of my greatest fears.

...never finding true love or perhaps just real and meaningful love.
...leaving this world with regrets
...the day when I become the caregiver to my parents
...public speaking
...not following my dreams
...never figuring out what my contribution to this world was meant to be
...failing to take chances
...drowning
... not being able to dance with my dad on my wedding day, either because he isn't there or because that day never comes
...the adrenaline overload I experience popping up on a surfboard or trying to initiate that damn toeside to heelside turn on a snowboard

Not that i'm going to this parade of weirdness, but if I did, maybe i'd just dress up like a great big cockroach instead.