Living by the sea
I don't think I could ever live somewhere totally land-locked. Living near the ocean has been one of the small things that plays almost no role in my daily life but has always been important. I think it may just be a latent subconscious feeling but when I recognize it I realize how important it is. There's no particular reason why it should be important, it just is. Just going out to the waterside and just being by it gives off this very settling feeling. Maybe it's somewhat calming, or maybe it automatically puts everything into perspective without even calling upon anything material at all. It's funny because the only phobia I know that I have is of the Ocean. Not a fear of being on a boat, but one of being swept into the sea underwater in these deep dark trenches. I can't look at a picture of anything deep underwater without getting a small creeping feeling that slowly starts to freak me out, especially if it's a shipwreck. My nerves get the best of me and I have to look away or shut the book quickly and it takes a few seconds to regain my normal state.
I'm reading this book called "A History of the American People" and one of the early portions talks about how the early settlers had their backs to vast Atlantic and in front of them the vastness of the unexplored Frontier. In some ways it represented the American ideals of adventure and exploration. The ocean in so many ways has always represented some kind of home or beginning. In a truly primal sense since we are directly evolved from a world that began underwater.
I'm reading this book called "A History of the American People" and one of the early portions talks about how the early settlers had their backs to vast Atlantic and in front of them the vastness of the unexplored Frontier. In some ways it represented the American ideals of adventure and exploration. The ocean in so many ways has always represented some kind of home or beginning. In a truly primal sense since we are directly evolved from a world that began underwater.