Feeling so small

E.R.B. Not really. Only my idealized, superficial image of what the ocean is disappeared.
What appeared was more of a feeling of being so small in that vastness.

L.M. Feeling so small, an acute sense of disarmament. The feeling that I can just disappear, I am not important. In front of the ocean, forget about it, you are nothing.

1. First, one could describe it as sublime, in the classical sense (i.e. you feel very small.)
2. Secondly, is the power it has to lift you when you swim. It’s buoyancy.
There is an ecstasy of the thing that can engulf you + charm you + suddenly you become conscious of your own vulnerability.

Elements make you feel small. Respect and fear → define one’s relation to the ocean. It's work. A fisher friend from Brittany once said that when you fall far into the ocean, knowing how to swim doesn’t change anything. Cause any way you cannot fight it.