{"id":1935,"date":"2010-01-18T05:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T05:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2010-01-18T05:44:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T05:44:00","slug":"let-it-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2010\/01\/18\/let-it-splash\/","title":{"rendered":"let it splash&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><center>When the ocean surges, don&#8217;t let me<br \/>just hear it. Let it splash inside my chest!<\/bold><br \/>~Rumi<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"225\" width=\"400\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5606758&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5606758&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/5606758\">Kuroshio Sea &#8211; 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world &#8211; (song is Please don&#8217;t go by Barcelona)<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/theradblog\">Jon Rawlinson<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhum.com\/travel-blog\/item\/video-you-must-see-at-the-aquarium-20100114\/\">worldhum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t even express how deeply it thrills me to realize that these creatures are swimming below and around me when I paddle on the ocean&#8211;thus, I need poetry (and photography)!  The ocean itself seems a kind of creature, its cycles and rhythms are at both completely regular and completely unpredictable.  Added to that is the beauty of all that finds home within its depths&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, for the first time, I tested out a waterproof camera setup to take out with me on my outrigger canoe.  I snapped pics of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4279435817\/\">pelicans<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4280177836\/\">shorebirds<\/a>, and the various <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4280180658\/\">landmarks<\/a> that are part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4283564629\/\">Newport channel<\/a>.  And here&#8217;s me, on my boat*:<br \/><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4280181086\/\" title=\"me &amp; my boat!! by pilgrimgirl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4047\/4280181086_dcfa693cc5.jpg\" alt=\"me &amp; my boat!!\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/center><br \/>I wish the ocean was as clear and blue in the Newport area as it is in the Japanese aquarium captured above.  I rarely ever actually &#8220;see&#8221; anything swimming in the water except for the trash floating on the surface.  So that&#8217;s one reason I&#8217;m really thrilled to be headed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.new-caledonia-photos.com\/New%20Caledonia%20Beaches\/slides\/ile_tie_anchorage.html\">to the South Pacific<\/a> in a few months&#8211;to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/ffximage\/2008\/11\/03\/Le_Meridien_New_Caledonia_wideweb__470x313,0.jpg\">some really clear blue water<\/a>.  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