Floating in the space

We are all drawn to the sea. 

The way its vastness can encourage a different way of being and knowing, it’s ability to shift our perspective and hold us.

I get closest to myself when I’m part of the sea. Woven within fabric of the world. Closer to the essence of existence. 

Diving into swaying luminescent blue surface, polarity of full and empty, inside and outside disappear.

Defining lines becomes fluid. I’m in the state of flux. Submerged. Floating. Moving gently with waves. My senses disorientated yet sharpened. 

Sea offers a cool quiet presence. Space for reflection. A pause. 

Boundless floating world for imagination. Otherworldly dream space.

It is always and never the same.

Despite its vagueness our senses are drawn into the mystery of the infinite uninterrupted blue, where they are left to sway with the waves. 

“ I am often led into the sea, as if by a singing that comes from elsewhere; I swim out to meet the song, finally giving to the water all those things that were never mine to carry. In those moments of full and hauntingly cathartic surrender, when I finally lie back, sky-gaze, salt-touch, fluid-embrace, I meet myself again, as if for the first time. I own the lines and all the curves - the circle has turned, turns still, will turn always. I am in the only place I know where I am free, the place in which the silence finds the words - I am held in that delicate, beautiful and healing place, in between.”
Kerri ni Dochartaigh, Thin Places

All my work emerges from looking and being in the landscape.
Close to earth.

I try to swim daily. I wake up in the morning and swim. Regardless of the weather, tides, waves, seasons. I started a regular practice in 2024 and I love it. It is becoming who I am and not some sort of ideal dream. It took effort to allow myself time to do that. Especially as a mum & an artist where time for focused work is so sparse and so so precious to allow myself time away from my studio wasn’t easy. 
But it is massively improving my mental well-being and it’s an extremely positive change. Starting the day with becoming one with the ocean. With nature. It’s part of who I am. Part of what my work is about: being in the flow and allowing flow. 

“All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time.”

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. This is one reason why meaningful change does not require radical change. Small habits can make a meaningful difference by providing evidence of a new identity. And if a change is meaningful, it is actually big. That's the paradox of making small improvements.”

James Clear, Atomic Habits