SAM(ANTHA) GILBERT

There is something to be said about following a dream. Not in a cheesy way that’s written in cursive and framed on a living room mantel. And not in a way that yields incessant social media updates. It’s a lot more disheveled and far more personal. It’s the dream you’re almost afraid to speak of for fear of receiving the dreaded eye-roll because certainly people know that your frivolous little notion is something that probably won’t happen. But you know that it definitely w

The ocean...is there a more alluring place on earth that piques human curiosity whilst exposing our physical vulnerabilities? Humans have proven themselves a rather resilient land-dwelling species, but taking a stroll into the ocean is another story. Because the ocean wins every time: it constantly spits us out on its shorelines and it laughs at our buoyant vehicles. It aggressively stereotypes and discriminates and has no remorse, and as such, is a force that demands our re