I have always found something to be special about any type of beach. I primarily have spent much of my time in the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Here I have spent days lounging with the crowds during the days and enjoying the water, but also have found release from the chaos at night, by myself. The sounds associated with the beach really do provide a calming effect. The water crashing back and forth is natural in every sense. The water has not been changed like the landscape of the land by housing buildings or parking lots. It is free in every sense and devoid of any type of human control. It is that which is truly wild in my eyes. That which does not conform to any rules but its own, and sets them for its surroundings.
Looking out at the ocean brings an overwhelming sense of “small” to me. Being able to view this vast area and knowing that It goes on for so long really makes me feel tiny and trivial to not only the water but also to the world. It shows me that I do not rule the world and cannot control it in any sense. But that I am a mere inhabitant, only a small piece of the puzzle in the long run, and the only aspect I can control of nature and the wild, is my perception of it.
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