Chasing The Blue Beyond

I didn't invent the hypothetical situation, but let's just suppose for a second that I did, that I was sailing on  a ship, and had an "existential" moment, a little flash of sunlight on a cobalt blue sea.  Nothing really happens in the past, Everything that’s ever happened /for/to me happened in the present moment. That’s all there ever is. So my relationship to life isn’t my  relationship to my past, it’s my relationship to the present moment. Who would I be without my story (past)? If you don't have one, you don't have to live up to it. What's left then--Just Now. That's the value proposition of travel: It's a come as you are affair. "I have crossed the seas, I have left cities behind me, and I have followed the source of rivers towards their source or plunged into forests, always making for other cities. I have had women, I have fought with men; and I could never turn back any more than a record can spin in reverse. And all that was leading...

There are three sorts of people; those who  are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea . Putting the He in Hero, all action/adventure films have the same moral: Perseverance pays. Of all the things I am not very content at doing,living on land is the most outstanding.  I was an armchair sea dog, growing up on LAWNGUYLAND(L.I.) New York, dreaming of going places, but I never stepped foot even in a motor boat, never started and therefore  I never failed. The winds of grace always blow for us  but you have to raise your sails a nd just go.  Those Who Do Not Move, Do Not Notice Their Chains Considering how much inner "nomad" is in each of us, in adulthood I gave myself permission to LEAVE ASAP, and imaginatively re-create(d) my ID in line with my true allegiances of a place noted for second chances, Venice Beach, California . Sea Change How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. Let The Orinoco Flow --There is no doubt...

Sea Years · 2015 · Disney Magic That Blue Stuff When you sail around the world, you start borrowing happiness from tomorrow. Not because anything is wrong with it—but because the memory of days this blue becomes part of every future thought. See Full Image Show Story Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Opening Film Planet Ocean How inappropriate to call this place Planet Earth, because it is surely all ocean. The sea years were not just about ports. They were about the intervals between them—the blue field that made every arrival possible and every departure feel consequential. Moving Field Record The ocean is not background scenery here. It is the connective tissue of the entire journey. Field Frames Borrowing Happiness from Tomorrow AZUL Today is a remind...

Re-View In Titusville Today Legend In My Own Mind It’s easy come easy go with sailing  memories, as the older I get the better my past gets. Everyone lives with self  mythology.  I am no miraculous exception.    A  figment  of my  imagination, I a legend in my own mind. It's not brain surgery, it's rocket science, fooled by randomness, I have left everything up to chance, yet my "career" at sea  reads like a novel, page by page. I am the hero of my own life. This self  mythology are the stories I tell about myself. The more  I tell these stories the less likely they are true.  Going on land to get a more  accurate view of the world and myself can be shocking---Life on board a ship is like a carton of milk, with an expiration date stamped right on the carton. Understanding the mythology of myself at sea  is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened. The more important a memory is to ...

Cruise Ships / Moving On / Adventure as Bad Planning The Best Ships Are Entrepreneurships I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list. See Full Image Show Text I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list. I used to think working on cruise ships was bad, but I stopped thinking. I am looking back at some of my adventures, which were nothing more than bad planning, and looking forward to the unexpected - letting go of the past and creating a more amazing future. There is no doubt about it: travel can evoke an exhilarating state of mind, when everything seems suddenly fresh, vivid, intensely interesting, and memorable. Living well, then, is not anything other than the best way to try to live. As I connect the dots, I am reminded: living well is not the best revenge. Moving on is. Early Links Before the Left Brain Got Good at Bossing the Right Brain Seven Cruises I Had...