I have a particular interest in and enjoyment of working with adolescents and young adults. I think that the
symbolism of the sea can be applied to this demographic too. One moment calm and
serene, the next stormy and turbulent. Both evoke a sense of hope and of a future, an unpredictability, a potentiality, a passion and a
fertility. Both have unknown depths, hidden from all except a lucky,
chosen
few. Both can be warm and welcoming, or harsh and foreboding. The
adolescent and the sea are each
prone to misunderstanding, misinterpretation, fear, hatred, envy and
love. The sea
can represent life and death; and what better way to illustrate the life and death dilemmas of adolescence than through the symbolism of the sea.