14 August 2024

Raw and Free

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Have you ever ventured into a place so remote, so untouched, that it felt as if you were the first soul to witness its wild, uncharted beauty? The cool, clear water wraps around you, cradling ancient secrets in its gentle embrace. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and ancient trees, clings to your skin, cool and invigorating. Above, the sky is a soft, silvery grey, casting a muted light that filters through the surface, transforming the world below into a dreamscape of shadows and shimmering reflections.

Goosebumps rise on your skin—not from the cold, but from the overwhelming sense of awe that pulses through every fibre of your being. As you float, suspended in the tranquil stillness, you become acutely aware of the life teeming around you. The fish, their scales glinting in the diffused light, move with a grace that seems almost otherworldly. Coy yet curious, they hover at the edges of your vision, darting away when you turn to look, only to circle back with cautious interest. Have they ever encountered a being like you? You wonder, as they observe you with eyes that seem to hold the wisdom of the sea.

As you lift your head above the waterline, the profound silence is broken only by the occasional, mysterious call of a bird—a sound so foreign yet so harmonious that it seems to echo through your very bones. Your eyes dart from shadow to shadow, caught in the dance of leaves swaying gently in the breeze, their rustle a whispered secret shared only with you.

The scent of saltwater mingles with the faintest trace of algae—a fragrance both familiar and foreign, reminding you that this is a place where the lines between worlds blur. The cool water flows over your body, soothing and invigorating, as if inviting you to become part of this ancient, unspoiled realm.

Every movement you make is slow, deliberate, your senses heightened as you try to absorb it all—the delicate swaying of underwater plants, the rough texture of coral, the soft murmur of the ocean echoing from a distant, forgotten past. The underwater landscape is perfectly imperfect, each crevice and undulation of the seafloor a testament to the relentless passage of time and the life it has nurtured. Each leaf, each stone, each jagged edge is a masterpiece—untouched by human hands, exactly as it should be. This world is raw, real, unrefined, yet it exudes a quiet wisdom, as if it holds the stories of countless millennia within its bones, waiting patiently for someone to listen.

In this moment, as you stand still, listening to the silence, you realise that this is more than just a place. It’s a feeling— the purist connection to something greater than yourself, a reminder of the vastness of the world and the infinite beauty it holds, hidden away, just waiting to be discovered.

Here, in this pure world, you are both an outsider and a participant—a being of the land experiencing the mysteries of the sea. And as you float, suspended in this serene, timeless expanse, you understand that this place, like all places untouched by human hands, holds a pure truth—a reminder that the world is vast, its beauty infinite, and that there are still places where nature reigns supreme, waiting patiently for those willing to seek them out.

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