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Notes and Nautical Nonsense


Field Notes (Active Content)

Text: Nadja Brečević

I love the crackling sounds that come from beneath the water. Those noises you can’t quite place. It’s a reminder that there’s a whole other world beneath me. Little fish searching for something under the rocks. Shells moving with the currents. The earth shifting.



There is no feeling quite like diving into the water and then letting my body float back to the surface. To feel the gentle pressure of the water while drifting upward toward the light. In that moment, I find a sense of calm, disconnecting from everything else and just focusing on the feeling of just being.


At the periphery, infinity meets the present and intertwines with the past

while the sea acts as a bridge linking distant shores.

Those who live by its embrace are shaped by its ever-changing grace

Not as citizens of a single domain, but as sailors

their identity resonates with the sea, echoing the ceaseless rhythm of the waves.


The waves, with their pulse and flow, offer solace

a comforting rhythm for the troubled heart's unrest

In a fleeting moment, we glimpse our limited understanding of the sea's hidden depths

briefly eclipsing our own worries with the vast mystery unfurling below.

Upon the vast expanse of water's embrace

where boundaries dissolve in endless space

the sea entices with a captivating allure, its enchanting call weaving through the air.