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When I take off my shoes and walk beside the thundering waves, I am touched by something wild that feeds my soul.
To find the same wildness on land is much more difficult. Despite living in a relatively remote and thinly populated region, I'd still have to travel far to really get away from civilization, and I'd need survivalist skills I don't have.
However, half a mile from my home is the Pacific Ocean. I visit several times a day, and when I walk beside the sea, she still speaks to me in the language of original wildness.
Blustery day at Martins Beach
Every single day, the ocean reshuffles things on the beach and the sand is pristine once more.
Over many years, ocean waters sculpt the rocks into extraordinary shapes, shapes that possess a haunting and slightly alien beauty.
A person throwing something can reach backwards to pack more punch into the throw, but the Pacific has a reach that spans half the globe. That's why its waves are no joke. Similarly, an ocean has a cumulative reach across time that is hard to comprehend.
You're not likely to ever meet anyone with such continuous creative powers. Astonishment is the feeling I'm always left with.
