An Attempt to Connect to the Ocean
摘要
In this chapter, the connection with the ocean is made through a dream image of a dead seabird that had ingested plastics. The senseless killing of a seabird is the theme of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, illustrating how killing an albatross brought isolation and death in life. The image of the dead seabird can be interpreted as a metaphor for our dysfunctional state of mind, with environmental problems being seen as mental problems. The chapter concludes that humans need help to think more broadly about the ocean.