Move Like Water: A Story of the Sea and Its Creatures

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Yoo, Byung-chul (April 2, 2021). '솔로 데뷔 D-3' 레드벨벳 웬디, 타이틀 곡 'Like Water' MV 티저 공개['D-3 Solo Debut' of Red Velvet's Wendy, MV Teaser Revealed for Title Song 'Like Water']. Wow TV (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 12, 2021 . Retrieved April 12, 2021. The author does a wonderful job portraying her personal experiences and observations, but also the world and our relationship with it, when looking at several creatures that she has encountered and learned from in her travels and studies. Jeong, Han-byul (April 9, 2021). '볼륨을 높여요' 웬디 "'뮤직뱅크' 무대서 덜덜"['Turn Up the Volume' for Wendy "Shakes the 'Music Bank' Stage"]. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 10, 2021 . Retrieved April 10, 2021. This poem by my favorite poet Pablo Neruda came to to mind often while reading this book and I want to add it to my review and dedicate it to the author, Hannah Stowe.

Let Hannah’s captivating prose transport you on a journey across the waves, feeling the wind and salt on your skin, and always watching out for the tantalising glimpse of a whale. You will be enthralled by her personal story, invigorated by her energy and determination, and persuaded to think deeply about the ocean, its living treasures and the human troubles they face’ Bae, Hyo-joo (March 28, 2021). ‘솔로 데뷔’ 레드벨벳 웬디, 사랑스럽고 포근하다‥티저 공개[Red Velvet Wendy's 'Solo Debut', Lovely and Cozy, Teaser Revealed]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 12, 2021 . Retrieved April 11, 2021. For Stowe, who grew up in a “cottage by the sea,” enveloped on three sides by the waters of St. Bride’s Bay that empties into the Celtic Sea and the English Channel, she found “solace,” “energy,” and “always felt safe.”As a young girl, Hannah Stowe was raised at the tide’s edge on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales, falling asleep to the sweep of the lighthouse beam. Now in her midtwenties, working as a marine biologist and sailor, Stowe draws on her professional experiences sailing tens of thousands of miles in the North Sea, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Celtic Sea, and the Caribbean to explore the human relationship with wild waters. Why is it, she asks, that she and so many others have been drawn to life at sea—and what might the water around us be able to teach us? a b Park, Seo-yeon (April 8, 2021). '컬투쇼' 정엽X웬디, 봄밤 같은 힐링 1열 라이브..최준→아쟁·박정현 성대모사[Jungyeop X Wendy in 'Cultwo Show', Spring Night Healing First Row Live, Choi Jun → Impersonation of Ajaeng and Park Jung-hyun]. Herald Pop (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 10, 2021 . Retrieved April 10, 2021. a b Dongre, Divyansha (April 5, 2021). "Red Velvet's Wendy Makes Dreamy Solo Debut With 'Like Water' ". Rolling Stone India. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021 . Retrieved April 11, 2021.

This book is a wonderful combination of personal memoir, nature journal, nonfiction, and brings to light not only the author’s own story and path, but the fundamental questions we all reflect upon while we are surrounded by nature and the ever vast seas. One of the biggest problems we have is we waste way much time on planning rather than taking action. In other words, it can also be called procrastination. We want to perfectly plan what to do five steps ahead. Instead what we really should be doing is to take the first step and then another and then another.

A story that’s painted with vivid imagery by an author who, like her mother, is also a painter. Each chapter is introduced presumably by one of Stowe’s charcoal sketches of the animals you’ll learn about. If it weren’t for the beauty of the prose, you could almost tell this story through images. Then again, if it weren’t for enchanted prose those images would not be painted for you at all or as deeply. Stowe’s captivating journey continues to enlighten and carry us to other sea creatures, such as the Wandering Albatross, a “bird of legend” known for the “mastery of its force” flying through fierce winds, requiring both parents to switch turns to care for their young.