Right, so you know our ocean here? It's a good enough start since you've never seen the real thing. So keep that in mind, but then imagine it being so blue. A deep blue, sometimes you can see hints of green, but blue's going to be the main color. And the surface is hardly ever still. The wind skims across it, so there's little waves all over. That really makes it look like the ocean's alive. Which it is, both because of the creatures that live in it and just the idea of the ocean being its own powerful force is enough to give anyone ideas.
It's like a forest in its own way. Have you seen that? Obviously a forest is going to be a whole lot drier, but if you walk into one, you'll get that sense that the place is alive, both because of the creatures that live in it and the idea of the forest being such a rich habitat. The ocean is the same, just in its own way.
Then you've got that wind, and let me tell you, an ocean wind is something else. It carries the salt smell and taste with it because of the salt in the water. You won't get that anywhere else on the mainland, except the shores. But feeling that wind in your hair when you're on the deck of a ship makes you feel so free, like you're sailing headlong into some undiscovered territory. It could be scary, you don't know what's coming, but it feels good. It feels right.
There are birds that cry out overhead. Gulls, mostly. They tend to shriek and that can probably be really distracting at first, but you get used to it. It becomes normal, it becomes expected. If you don't hear birds, it can get pretty lonely. Or it just means you're way out on the ocean and there's nowhere for them to roost. Birds can fly, of course, but not forever. They need rest, too.
I think I love being in the water just as much as I love being on it, though. I grew up close to the ocean, you see, so I practically learned how to swim alongside learning how to walk. Going to the shore on a hot day is one of the best things. You bare your feet and your legs and just wade out into it. When the water is warm, it's so refreshing and so relaxing. Or, better yet, you can just run out into the shallows without a care for anything else and splash around.
Sure, it might sound simple or silly, but a lot of the time, the little pleasures in life are what really make a difference.
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Right, so you know our ocean here? It's a good enough start since you've never seen the real thing. So keep that in mind, but then imagine it being so blue. A deep blue, sometimes you can see hints of green, but blue's going to be the main color. And the surface is hardly ever still. The wind skims across it, so there's little waves all over. That really makes it look like the ocean's alive. Which it is, both because of the creatures that live in it and just the idea of the ocean being its own powerful force is enough to give anyone ideas.
It's like a forest in its own way. Have you seen that? Obviously a forest is going to be a whole lot drier, but if you walk into one, you'll get that sense that the place is alive, both because of the creatures that live in it and the idea of the forest being such a rich habitat. The ocean is the same, just in its own way.
Then you've got that wind, and let me tell you, an ocean wind is something else.
It carries the salt smell and taste with it because of the salt in the water. You won't get that anywhere else on the mainland, except the shores. But feeling that wind in your hair when you're on the deck of a ship makes you feel so free, like you're sailing headlong into some undiscovered territory. It could be scary, you don't know what's coming, but it feels good. It feels right.
There are birds that cry out overhead. Gulls, mostly. They tend to shriek and that can probably be really distracting at first, but you get used to it. It becomes normal, it becomes expected. If you don't hear birds, it can get pretty lonely.
Or it just means you're way out on the ocean and there's nowhere for them to roost.
Birds can fly, of course, but not forever. They need rest, too.
I think I love being in the water just as much as I love being on it, though. I grew up close to the ocean, you see, so I practically learned how to swim alongside learning how to walk. Going to the shore on a hot day is one of the best things.
You bare your feet and your legs and just wade out into it. When the water is warm, it's so refreshing and so relaxing. Or, better yet, you can just run out into the shallows without a care for anything else and splash around.
Sure, it might sound simple or silly, but a lot of the time, the little pleasures in life are what really make a difference.