What makes the British sea side, British?After an afternoon on Brighton seafront freezing off some of my most precious assets I think I discovered some interesting points to consider during my animation. I believe the seaside alone is about contrasts, the blue sea and the brown sand (or stones), the smooth surface of the beach with the ever choppy outline of the sea or the warm sun with the cold water. This, however, doesn’t necessarily make it British, it makes it the seaside.
During my visit I was witness to many people still enjoying a day by the sea despite the chill, there were groups of people everywhere. This made me realize, We Brits spend all winter moaning how cold it is in this country, yet as soon as it warms up a bit in good o’l Blighty, we leave for another country! Perhaps what makes the seaside British is the people that are there not what is there, we are a resilient, stubborn people that are going to go to the beach no matter what. Its about being with the people we want to be with away form the bureaucratic straight lines of our normal lives, somewhere defies the logic of bureaucracy, a place where the dry meets the wet and there are very few symmetrical pavements for us to tred but where we can see the horizon, our permanent escape from the rain.
2 comments:
absolutely! Just smelling the sea and hearing seagulls makes me relax. Many a time as a child I spent days on the beach in the freezing cold wrapped up making sandcastles, my Mum and Dad there with their thermos and wrapped in sleeping bags! I think it is lovely to have a good walk in a seaside gale - and then get warm in a cafe or fish and chip shop!
im liking the commentary! keep up the good work.
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