I think the most wonderful thing about the sea is the unknown; not knowing what is beyond. Just below the sky, the dark mass of water vanishes into a thin line on the horizon. One cannot see past the rippling waves. A small drop of water can be transparent, but when put with an ocean-full of droplets, it is nothing more than darkness. Below our life above, there is an entire world below; below the deep sea.
"I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is the Ocean's voice of welcome. His salt breath brings a blessing along with it." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Foot-prints on the Sea-shore"
