Quote of the Day (Philip Hoare, on Why ‘The Sea is Not a Kind Place’)

 

“The sea is not a kind place… A place of dark and light, day and night, storms and tides and stars; a place where you have to feel alive because it so clearly shows you the alternatives.”— British nonfiction writer, filmmaker and curator Philip Hoare, Risingtide/Fallingstar (2017)

I write this with harrowing images and sounds from Hurricane Helene in mind, and pray for all those whose homes lie in the path of the storm.

The image accompanying this post, Hurricane, Bahamas, created by American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910), now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.