“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off – then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”

Herman Melville

There is something magical and calming about the rhythmic, undulating salty sea which never fails to summon me down to the shoreline to groove with the motion of the ocean. The challenge of timing my shots to capture the crash of the wave exploding on the surface is always good fun and like Melville did I believe doing this helps keep me healthy. And when you know something is good for people it is traditional, in many cultures, to share it so they can feel better as well.

“There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.”

Herman Melville

For those of you who cannot physically get to the seashore to enjoy a minutes peace and relaxation by without being soaked through by salt water and rain while being blasted by frigid wind gusts this video is for you.

Be good to each other!

Filmed during a storm in Sechelt (shíshálh) BC, Canada with a Campark trail camera, video edited with kdenlive.