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I have found it hard to put the words together to describe how I feel about our oceans- not in a “I’m-bad-at-expressing-myself” way (although that is true too) but because it’s difficult to say how or why I feel so grateful, and so connected to the sea.My dad moved my family to the seaside in the uk when I was young, and it has always been a place of solace for me, whether I was heartbroken, elated, sulking or simply procrastinating studying!! I tried scuba diving for the first time when I was 19, and fell in love with it immediately. Being able to experience the underwater world like that was truly an amazing gift.
Of course as you know, getting to see the ocean like that unfortunately often comes at quite a high price- making it something that hardly anybody has the chance to do- even being confident swimmer is a privilege. I think that maybe that also means that people don’t always get to see the consequences of our human actions, and the toll that takes on our waterways and marine life.
This is why I feel like organisations like yours is so wonderful. I am so grateful for the opportunity this competition offers, and making the video has reminded me why I love the ocean, and why I want to strive to coexist as much as possible with it!!
I made the video completely with videos filmed on my phone over the last few years.
