The Ocean Used To Smell Like The "ocean"
Personal memory by Jessica Wood
2018 CE • Long Beach, NJ, USA
The ocean used to smell like the "ocean". Now, it is indistinguishable from inland environments. The dunes have eroded and salinity has gone down. It is simply not the same.
Memory submitted at Maya Lin: A Study of Water, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022
Image: Public domain
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