Salty Artwork Spark the Imagination (Part II)

What is it about salty paintings, drawings, tattoos and photos? Anything to do with ships and sailors sparks my imagination.

Dreadnoughts and battleships spark thoughts of god-like sea captains going to war and young sailors taking voyages to exotic lands.

A painting of a brawny ship cruising on a storm-tossed sea conjures thoughts of a sailor, curled up in his bunk below decks. As the ship rises and falls on the watery hills, the sailor sways gently from side to side. He's reading a novel about adventure and romance in an exotic land.

The sight of a wreck beneath the waves, provokes the fear of running up on a reef in a storm or being struck by enemy torpedoes. The mind's eye sees sailors scrambling for a ladder trying to escape from a compartment below decks. Tons of seawater rushes in upon them. They are trapped and drowning as the ship sinks to the bottom. Those who escape are swept away on mile-deep cold water and drowned in the vast ocean. A few passengers drift in a life raft. A lone survivor washes up on a deserted beach, miraculously alive at sunrise.

From the pirate-themed game Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag by Ubisoft.

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Malcolm Torres is the author of original sea stories and nautical novels.

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