Reflections on the Sea: Dune and Everloving by Moby

The vastness of the Sea, diminishing in size the vessels that cross her surface encompasses the view of human life drifting in loneliness. And something irresistible draws us to cross that vastnes, hoping for what?

From the surf at the beach to the wide ocean beyond:

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Paul opened his eyes. 'It's just one of Guerney Halleck's tone poems for sad times.'
Behind Paul, Jessica began to recite:

'I remember salt smoke from a beach fire  
And shadows under the pines -           
Solid, clean... fixed -                 
Seagulls perched at the tip of the land,
White upon green...                     
And a wind comes through the pines      
To sway the shadows;                    
The seagulls spread their wings,        
Lift                                    
And fill the sky with screeches.        
And I hear the wind                     
Blowing across our beach,               
And the surf,                           
And I see that our fire                 
Has scorched the seaweed'               

(Frank Herbert, Dune)




"Everloving" by Moby (Play, 1999)



PS:

Pride overcame Paul's fear. 'You dare suggest a duke's son is an animal?' he demanded.

'Let us say I suggest you may be human' (Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam)
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'Humans must never submit to animals' (Lady Jessica)
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'Humans are almost always lonely' (Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam)


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