Posts by Alicia R. Forde

I was born on an island surrounded by the sea. I am possessed by what feels like an ancestral connection to salty bodies of water, to seas, to oceans. When I am lucky enough to commune with the ocean, I feel held – at home – embraced by something that I cannot see or understand but nonetheless feel. It is like a returI was born on an island surrounded by the sea. I am possessed by what feels like an ancestral connection to salty bodies of water – to seas, to oceans. When I am lucky enough to commune with the ocean, I feel held; at home, embraced by something that I cannot see or understand. It is like a return, a memory, a blessing, a minor rebirth when I hold my breath, slip under water and resurface, air expanding in my lungs. I am praying, I am breathing, my breath entangled with all breath that ever was and will be.