Watson and the Shark, by John Singleton Copley, 1778. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
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Waves generated by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 reached the shores of Peru and Nova Scotia.
But look, our seas are what we make of them, full of fish or not, opaque or transparent, red or black, high or smooth, narrow or bankless—and we are ourselves sea, sand, coral, seaweed, beaches, tides, swimmers, children, waves.
—Hélène Cixous, 1976
