Touch Assignment 2
Within My Own Ocean Photography, 2021 THE OCEAN INSIDE US "Our sense of smell, like so many of our other body functions, is a throwback to that time, early in evolution, when we thrived in the oceans. An odor must first dissolve into a watery solution our mucous membranes can absorb before we can smell it. … I became aware of two things for the first time: that we carry the oceans with us; that our veins mirror the tides. As a woman, with ovaries where eggs lie like roe, entering the smooth, undulating womb of the ocean from which our ancestors evolved millennia ago, I was so moved my eyes teared underwater, and I mixed my saltiness with the ocean's. Distracted by such thoughts, I looked around to find my positions vis-à-vis the boat, and couldn't. But it didn't matter: Home was everywhere." "A Natural History of The Senses", Diane Ackerman, page 589-597 Artist Statement These photographs were taken at the Saint Augustine Beach near th