I don’t know if this is just a British obsession or a universal one, but people seem to just love staring at the sea. I’ve noticed pretty much everyone who comes here doing it at some point. Their gaze heads for the sea and the horizon, a distant look comes over their faces and silence descends like a cloak of tranquillity. For several minutes they are then lost in a reverie just gazing towards the lonely sea and the sky.
I do it as well, every day. It’s not just the sight of the waves endlessly rolling forwards and the intriguing flatness of the horizon, it’s the sounds too. The sounds of water, rushing, splashing and roaring and the sound of the seagulls.
If I keep taking pictures of people doing it, it will make quite an intriguing portfolio.
Cheers, Tom.