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CARELESS REEF
CARELESS REEF

Gerard Holthuis

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2003

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Netherlands

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45

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A few years ago I started diving. Like most people I was addicted immediately. Floating free, the deep blue sea, seeing fantastic fishes and feeling completely relaxed was the result of taking a deep dive into the sea. The thing that struck me most (as a film professional) was that all the films I had seen about the life underwater did not come close to my personal experiences. There were no sharks (at least where I dived), there was no Titanic to discover and the coral reefs were more beautiful years ago everybody told me. Also most films that I saw were accompanied by synthesizer and/or new age music and were films about species of fish and/or the environment. Nothing new under the sun. I kept on diving and enjoyed myself immensely. Finally I had found a place on this earth were there was no film, no work. Just relaxation. And of course, when the mind is free and open, things happen. In two days my mind changed completely. It was on a quiet and warm early morning dive when suddenly I met with a shark, not a

 

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