I was standing right at the edge of an
expansive Pacific beach that embraced me with its tendril creamy waves but far
to its other end the same wave appeared like coughing out, in a rhythm, lumps
of white gunpowder over its own udder. I stretched arms and cuddled my own body
and sat down on the surface of glistening rough sand. I began devouring a majestic
sight in front of me – a sight that was always in my dreams and imagination. The close-up horizon
displayed a spectacular scene of earth, sea and sky and it was all so overwhelming
in sight, smell, and sound.
As the scorching sun
tossed billows of brackish sea waters and the gusty wind churned rolling waves,
the surrounding got more nostalgic and it clutched me loosely in a particular
fragrance that I never had sniffed before. At that very moment, a mystic energy
rushed into me and jolted the calmness inside me as if it was a jitter of sea
currents flowing in my veins. Breaking that silence and the despair inside me,
a couple of angry waves ran over nearby rugged blue rocks and crackled with
dying moans. I felt as if the air exulted from the power manifesting itself through the
fury of the sun, wind and sea. For a moment it felt a bit sinister, this growing
field of energy around me; but no, it was a power I was feeling, the power of
Being, of Nature.
Later in the night and days that followed, I
was introduced to hallmarks of Pacific traditional dances and songs. Both dancing and singing
seemed to have evolved from the purely aural inspiration of natural environment
and sounds around them: the pounding of waves, the wind rustling the trees, the
roll of thunder, and the rhythm of rain. Abound with such intimacy of nature,
it is very natural for one to express emotions in terms of Nature.
A part of that nature
perhaps clasped my soul – that I felt an amazing energy invoked inside me and I
could feel the power of elegance that softened even my bones. I am so proud
that till this date I have preserved, deep in me, the wonders and power of
Nature. It’s so wonderful to live with that wilderness, rustic mystery and
freedom of thoughts burrowed from Nature!
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