The sea was at the bottom of my road, and I seemed to spend my childhood in it or on it, hearing, tasting, smelling it. Now, still, I need to be near water as often as possible.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have always had the sea as my playground.
I've always lived by the ocean, and I always will. There's nothing like taking a walk and being able to smell the ocean breeze.
I'm from an island, so I've always been near the water. I don't think I could live somewhere far from the sea.
I love the sea.
I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to row and skate, ride on the ferry in childhood, watch the logs or just dream.
Now and then, when I grow nostalgic about my ocean childhood - the wauling of gulls and the smell of salt, somebody solicitous will bundle me into a car and drive me to the nearest briny horizon.
My childhood landscape was not land but the end of the land - the cold, salt, running hills of the Atlantic. I sometimes think my vision of the sea is the clearest thing I own.
I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
My parents live near the ocean, and I've spent a lot of time walking through the water at night, being around the water.
I've always dreaded the sea - in fact, I get terribly seasick.