Chasing The Blue Beyond

 How inappropriate to call this place Planet Earth because it is surely all ocean,  When you sail on a cruise ship   around the world , you start to borrow happiness from tomorrow; not because there is anything wrong with it, but because you will never have had such experiences like this, and the nostalgia-the suffering of remembering the past-will always be part of your future thoughts. Today is a reminder of why I do it: That Blue Stuff

Life at Sea · Future Self / Previous Selves / Fleet Archive Working on Ships Has Been a Real Life Saver The sea did not freeze a life in place. It kept proving that the person boarding was never the same person who came ashore. Future Self End of History Awe Nassau Eleven Ships See Full Image Show Story I had not been everywhere. But it was on my list. That was not a travel plan. It was the psychology of a future self. People are works in progress who mistake the current draft for the final edition. Working and living on ships made that mistake harder to maintain. Board Drift Change Return Begin Again 01 The illusion · finished selves The present always pretends to be permanent. Time changes values, desires, relationships and definitions of success. Young sailors pay to acquire tattoos that later sailors pay to remove. Adults work to undo choices once made with equal conviction. Psychologist...

Castaway Cay · Papeete When Is the Copy Better Than the Original? Disney’s private island, Polynesian hyperreality, and the tourist’s uneasy relationship with staged authenticity. See Full Image Show Text Castaway Cay Papeete Staged Authenticity The Absolute Fake Sometimes the copy does not merely imitate paradise. It improves the experience enough to become the thing visitors remember. Island Study 01 Castaway Cay: The Admirable Copy This private island in the Bahamas is a Disney Cruise Line port of call. Asked when the copy becomes better than the original, Castaway Cay makes a persuasive case. I am not talking about the staged authenticity I encountered in Papeete, Tahiti . Designers usually spend their time creating shopping malls. Re-creating an island paradise is a more ambitious undertaking. Casta...

Bahamas · Nassau / Castaway Cay / Cloud 9 to Cloud 10 Cloud 10 When the copy is better than the original: Disney’s engineered island paradise, an abandoned airstrip, a return from the Middle East, and the moment Cloud Nine stopped being high enough. Nassau Castaway Cay Engineered Paradise Santa Monica Life at Sea See Full Image Show Story I made the year different by doing the same thing again. After six months in the Middle East, the route returned to the Bahamas. Nassau today. Castaway Cay tomorrow. The itinerary repeated. The traveler did not. Break Return Copy Level Up Sail On 01 Nassau · shopping mall with a harbor The Bahamas again. Differently. Nassau felt like one enormous shopping mall with salt water at the entrance. The more interesting destination waited one day...