Life, The Universe, and Everything
The sun dipped below the far-away clouds, giving us a taste of the spectacle to come. We were sitting on the beach in Cozumel, Mexico, after a day of diving the sublime reefs off the coast. A few days into a dive vacation, spending all your time in and around the ocean, it's easy to … Continue reading A Fire in the Sky
The blue... the vast, infinite blue, that’s what first strikes me as we drop down towards the reef. We’re just offshore from Cozumel, an island off the Caribbean coast of Mexico that is the staging ground from some of the most spectacular diving in the Caribbean. I’ve done most of my diving so far in … Continue reading Rainbows in the Blue
Musings on the Light Inside Listen to the song here: The Light Inside By Reaction Mass I can feel it the light inside of me Shining through from Eternity I am light light is me http://www.reactionmassmusic.com This is a song about meditation, about the experiences I have when my … Continue reading The Light Inside
I first started sensing the void during graduate school. After college, in my early 20s, sometimes I would get in a funk, for no good reason. Life in graduate school was pretty good. It didn’t pay much, but it was a pretty good lifestyle. I had lots of friends, girlfriends, and a promising career path. … Continue reading The Void
Here's a longer video, with original music: https://youtu.be/nWycHLxqFTk Channel Islands, May 2018, Part 2 A biting wind blows off the ocean and cuts through my fleece like I’m wearing nothing. It’s 8:30 am, we’re anchoring at Fry’s Harbor, south of Santa Cruz Island, after jostling through six foot swells on the way here from our … Continue reading Alien Encounter
Channel Islands, May 2018, Part 1 When people ask me what diving is like, I often respond that it’s like lucid dreaming. The feeling of weightlessness, the constant, lazy swaying of the currents, the bizarre colors and creatures, it’s an experience totally foreign from life on land. Giant kelp forests are one of my favorite … Continue reading Flying Through the Dream Forest
Musings on “Ship of Fools” Listen to the song here Ship of Fools By Reaction Mass There’s a ship cruising through time and space It’s a beautiful ship, such a magical place Made of water and rock, filled with mountains and trees So much diversity you’d never believe Oceans full of the infinite blue Frozen … Continue reading We’re all Together on This Ship of Fools
