beach-philosophies-new

you walk along a beach, you (cycling-link: "w alk", "wa lk", "wal k", "walk "), and [[you walk]]  (set: $walkCounter to 0) (set: $mood to "moody") (set: $shell to "imperfections") (set: $bgColor to "black") (set: $shellCounter to 0) (set: $shellsInPocket to (a:) ) (set: $shapes to (a: "a beautifully shaped shell", "a shell with a striking shape", "that strangely shaped shell", "a shell with a perfect shape", "a teeny tiny shell", "that huge shell", "a heart shaped shell", "the shell that looks like a moon", "the shell shaped like a stone") ) (set: $colors to (a: "shell with vivid colors", "shell with colors you have never seen before", "fascinating, dark shell", "beautiful multicolored shell", "blueish shell", "reddish, striped shell", "very white shell", "black shell", "shellish shell") ) (set: $imperfections to (a: "an imperfect, yet perfect shell", "a broken shell", "a fragment of a shell", "a shell in three parts", "a shell with an intriguing hole", "a shell fused onto another shell", "a broken shell", "that very strange shell", "a shell with strange things growing on it") )

and you [[walk]]

[[and]] you keep walking (set: $walkCounter to it + 1)

after all, that is what [[you]] came [[here]] to do

you are (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $mood, "gloomy", "bored", "present")] you [[keep walking|here]]

a long stretch of [[sandy beach]] (if: $walkCounter > 3)[enough walking, [[leave the beach]] ] (track: 'beachphilosophies', 'play')

and you [[keep walking]]

the scene echoes [[your|you]] $mood mood, you [[pause]]

you take a moment to [[listen]]

to the [[sound]] of the [[sea]]

sea shells [[scattered]] at your [[feet]]

sometimes [[everything]] is so scattered

you pick up [[a shell]]

you don't even [[remember]]

what you were [[supposed to]] be [[doing|feet]]

you observe it's (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $shell, "shape", "color", "imperfections")] then you (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $shellDestiny, "throw it in the water", "place it in your pocket", "drop it on the sand")] then you [[daydream]]

(if: $shellDestiny contains "water")[shell breaks surface of [[water]]](else-if: $shellDestiny contains "sand")[shell is lost among its kind in the [[sand]]](else-if: $shellDestiny contains "pocket")[ the shell snuggles into the [[pocket]] (if: $shell contains "shape")[(set: $randomItem to ($shapes's random))](else-if: $shell contains "color")[(set: $randomItem to ($colors's random))](else-if: $shell contains "imperfections")[(set: $randomItem to ($imperfections's random))](set: $shellsInPocket to it + (a: $randomItem) )(set: $shellCounter to it + 1) (if: $shellCounter > 3)[... but the pocket now feels [[heavy]], with (text-style:"outline")[$shellCounter] shells]]

(if: $shell contains "color")[color is soon invisible as it floats [[deeper]]](else-if: $shell contains "shape")[shape dictates the way it swims towards [[the bottom|deeper]]](else-if: $shell contains "imperfections")[the sea grinds away [[imperfections]]]

(if: $shell contains "color")[color soon becomes [[invisible]] ](if: $shell contains "shape")[shape forms pocket, [[hand embraces]]](if: $shell contains "imperfections")[ [[cherished]], it ponders existence] (if: $shellCounter>1)[ // you now hold (text-style:"outline")[$shellCounter] shells in your pocket//]

(if: $shell contains "color")[color [[blends into]] ](else-if: $shell contains "shape")[shape breaks [[empty space]] of sand](else-if: $shell contains "imperfections")[neglected, [[I ponder]] my existence]

in the [[dark of]] the pocket

[[cherished]], ponders about

where will life [[take me next]]

it takes me on a [[walk]]

minerals, [[over time]]

digested by [[somebody]]

after all, what does it [[matter]]

that once [[needed a shell]]

[[me|shell-me]]

bouncing in a pocket, [[walking|walk]]

(if: $mood contains "present")[$mood, grounded, glad to [[be alone|waiting]]](else-if: $mood contains "bored")[$mood, wishing for an [[adventure]] ](else-if: $mood contains "gloomy")[ $mood, [[alone|I ponder]] ](else-if: $mood contains "moody")[$mood, back at [[zero|and becomes]] ]

[[trying]] very hard

to [[attract]] someone else

like [[a shell|shell-screaming]]

in silence, on [[the sand]]

looking up to [[all that pass]] or [[waiting]]

hoping someone will help me [[walk]]

[[screaming]]

surroundings [[and becomes]]

one [[of many]] again

the sound of [[the ocean]]

time[[,]] stretching

[[waiting]]

listening, in [[silence]]

to time[[,|stretching]]

stretching beyond [[the horizon]]

knowing the sun will [[bring in]]

the tide [[that takes me]]

back [[into the ocean]] or [[perhaps]]

finally, [[the water]]

someone will [[notice me|screaming]]

[[pulls me|water]] back

it wasn't [[the one]]

who would [[see me|and becomes]]

nestled amongst [[the others]]

once again, [[the sea]]

I am back [[where I]]

began[[.]]

the [[sound of]] the sea

so many [[of us]]

whirling in [[the waters]]

tide[[,|high tide]] high

up, [[fast|sea]]

a [[multitude]]

of shells and stones [[and ]]

pebbles and [[sand and|sound of]]

beachphilosophies: beach-philosophies.mp3

[[stuff,]]

cluttering up [[the to-do list]]

[[let go of one shell]] [[let go of all shells]] [[not ready to let go]]

but which [[one?]]

the lightness of [[letting treasures go]]

You bring out (text-style:"outline")[$shellCounter] shells in total: (for: each _item, ...$shellsInPocket)[//_item// ] they are [[all]] so [[special]]

how on earth [[to decide?|one?]]

so special[[?]]

my treasures: (for: each _item, ...$shellsInPocket)[//_item// ] [[goodbye]] you [[hesitate|not ready to let go]]

you (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $shellDestiny, "throw them in the water", "drop them on the sand")] [[goodbye|daydream]] (set: $shellsInPocket to (a:) ) (set: $shellCounter to 0) (set: $shell to "shape")

beyond the beach, your life awaits [[go back to the beach|here]] (track: 'beachphilosophies', 'pause') (set: $walkCounter to 0)

[[beach philosophies|start]] { (track: 'beachphilosophies', 'loop', true) (track: 'beachphilosophies', 'playwhenpossible') }

letting go can be [[difficult]]

perceived [[value|sea]]

or maybe [[not?]]

you (text-colour:magenta)[(cycling-link: bind $shellDestiny, "throw it in the water", "drop it on the sand")] [[goodbye|daydream]] (set: $shellCounter to it - 1) (set: $randomShell to ($shellsInPocket's random)) (set: $shellsInPocket to $shellsInPocket - (a: $randomShell)) (set: $shell to "shape")

you [[pick one|byebye]] you [[hesitate|not ready to let go]]

[[in fact,]]

[[you close your eyes]]

[[for a moment]]

and [[you notice]]

[[how you notice]]

the sounds you [[hear|o]]

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