Looking to Sea: Britain Through the Eyes of its Artists

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This wonderful quote reminds us that a small amount of bad can’t spoil something so magnificent and vast. It’s not known who came up with this clever play on words that serves as a example of sea quotes about life. We only know how strong we are when we face our toughest challenges, just as an anchor is only really tested in the roughest of seas. And the sea in particular is thought to play a crucial role, as those who went on a similar length inland walk bagged only 12 minutes of extra precious snooze time. Here at Sea Sanctuary, we believe the sea works for us in a way that is beyond language; for those who struggle to articulate their emotions, the sea is something that makes people feel and connect with their emotions.

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These ocean quotes about the sea range from short to long, inspirational to funny (and everything in between! A smart and clear-eyed set of meditations on marine gaze, made with a painterly touch worthy of the chosen artists.

This quote comes from the main character, Percy Jackson, who embarks upon a quest to travel across the United States and reach the gates of the Underworld. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. A stimulating and rewarding on-stage conversation; a lively informed and tolerant audience; privileged access to the great treasures of the Bodleian, and finally, wonderfully interesting dinner companions to help me conclude the best day I have enjoyed at any festival – anywhere. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1798) is a parable demanding respect for God’s creations, all creatures great and small, and also for the imperative of the storyteller, the poet’s urgency, the need to connect with an audience. LangstonHughes, writing from the 1920s through the 1960s, is known as a poet of the Harlem Renaissance and for telling the stories of his people in down-to-earth ways as opposed to esoteric language.

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Take your shoes off: “Get out there, just a glimpse of the sea or getting a few grains of sand on your toes can change your entire outlook for the day,” says Joe T. Alternatively if you have five minutes, we would really appreciate you taking our short mental health survey by following the link below. Being by the sea also forces us to change our pace of living which can alter how we think and process information.Heinrich Robert Zimmer (1890–1943) was a German Indologist, linguist, and historian of South Asian art, Zimmer is best known for his works Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India. She became a pop star at the age of 14, married Johnny Depp and is now a fashion icon and a spokeswoman for Chanel. This quote links that natural love of the seas with the worlds we bring to life in our happiest dreams at night. What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it. Just as the tide changes, other things in our life can change too, and this can push us towards the path that we were destined to follow.

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Philippe Victor Diolé (1908-1977) was a French author and undersea explorer, best known for co-authoring seven of the 8-volume series The Undersea Discoveries of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. A former flight attendant, she now prefers cruise ships over airplanes and spends several months each year cruising and exploring cruise ports. On assignment in Liverpool in the early 1980s, photojournalist Peter Marlow bore witness to the enormity of the devastation afflicting inner cities.

So, as part of Time to Talk day this Thursday and to help residents in Cornwall with support and information, we wanted to look at a few ways people could proactively look after their wellbeing in this lockdown. Perhaps that knowledge of the ocean informed this poem from his collection "The Weary Blues," published in 1926. She looks at works including Vanessa Bell’s Studland Beach, one of the first modernist paintings in Britain, Paul Nash’s work bearing the scars of his time in the trenches, and Martin Parr’s photographs of 1980s seaside resorts, which raised controversial questions of class. In the sea there isn't a lot of headspace left to also worry about land-life-problems because the ocean demands your full presence the moment you step into it,” he adds. One feels compelled to look out the window with her, knowing in our hearts that no white sails will appear on the dark and boundless horizon.