The Sea

"The sea watched dancing along luminous shores is a silver mirror..." (Charles Trenet). "Tell me the sea, the blue and the green which dance among the waves..." (Jean Ferrat). "My Mediterranean... oh my Mediterranean sea..." (Herbert Pagani too early passed away). "And I remain for a long time observing the sea..." (Alain Barrière). They are innumerable all those who have sung the infinite and fascinating faces of the marine universe.
What life, so different from ours, does the ocean hide? How could we explain the magic suggested by it?
Friendly sea? Not every time ! A few decades ago, when they lived, this subject was surely evoked in other words by the surviving shipwrecked persons of SS Titanic ! Moreover Victor Hugo presents us the sea as a terrifying element which men must fight to earn their food, even losing their life sometimes...
The sea revealed its charm and its cruelty when one day it decided to keep forever François de Roubaix, a composer and... an experienced scuba diver.
However it shows an attractive smile whereas it also evokes "holidays" and whispers to our children's ears "sand castles", "baths", "infinite freedom", "family resting on the sand", "first love"...
Yes of course, remove the sea thus remove life. That's why, in spite of its moods and thanks to its favours, we should respect it...
(copyright Jean-Michel Cagnon).