Freedom

I used to perceive it as something related to pleasure and joy – to freedom. It was “nature” and I always associated (good, positive feelings) with it. Living in Greece was my first
encounter with it → like a big discovery of this sensation of nature + of freedom. I was living in Volos at the time + I was travelling all along the coast. At the time, I had never thought about what the ocean really means or is. I had never feared it.

L.J. I like that it’s wild and free and so beautiful. It takes the place that it needs. It’s very powerful. I think of the ocean as a very powerful + strong woman. I have great respect for her. She’s amazing. She’s full of life. She’s Untamable (→ that includes all of it.) I would like to be like her:

I love beach holidays: I just spent a few days in La Gomera.:Swimming in the sea there gave me a certain feeling of liberation.

When I am swimming in the ocean I get the feeling of being in infinity something that just goes on+on. The ocean is undividable. It’s not just your complete freedom of movement within this body of water, but also that there is literally no border to it. The particles that are touching you could have been somewhere else only two days before. The ocean gives me a notion of holism.

As a fisherman, your life is completely free. You’re paid by the percent of the catch. The more we caught, the more money we would make. You have to be fast. You’re awake for 48 hours to work on it.

T.v.A. Well, that’s more complicated. It’s more about well being. Because of the well-being, I feel freer with my thoughts.