Sails and Sunsets
Sail
There are few more emotive images than that of a sleek yacht under full sail speeding over the ocean. Annie Dillard the American novelist and poet takes this further by using the sailing imagery as a reflection of life and the human spirit
" Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail,
whetted, translucent,
broadside to the merest puff "
Annie Dillard
Why do we love Sunsets ?
We are all attracted to the peace and tranquility of sunsets - especially where the sun is slowly dipping into the ocean forming a miriad of colours and tricks of the light where the sky meets the sea
Twilight has magical qualities because the colours become etherial and different. The ocean which has been hues of blue, grey and green by day in twilight turns to sparkling silver and green landscapes turn purple.