Wallace J. Nichols

pull your emotions around, and music that we like to get us going in the morning, and music that helps us relax, and music that makes us sad, other songs that make us happy. You can feel the music kind of hitting you when you're at a concert. That's really the best comparison would be to music. Water and music together, well, that's really extra special.

pull your emotions around, and music that we like to get us going in the morning, and music that helps us relax, and music that makes us sad, other songs that make us happy. You can feel the music kind of hitting you when you're at a concert. That's really the best comparison would be to music. Water and music together, well, that's really extra special.

pull your emotions around, and music that we like to get us going in the morning, and music that helps us relax, and music that makes us sad, other songs that make us happy. You can feel the music kind of hitting you when you're at a concert. That's really the best comparison would be to music. Water and music together, well, that's really extra special.

That's right. You can play music that bothers you. Sometimes my kids play music. It's not my style. I ask them to turn it down or turn it off. You can blow your eardrums out if it's too loud. It can be distracting and annoying. And like water, it's dangerous. There is a downside. And I think that tension adds to the experience. With the ocean, the ocean deserves our respect.

That's right. You can play music that bothers you. Sometimes my kids play music. It's not my style. I ask them to turn it down or turn it off. You can blow your eardrums out if it's too loud. It can be distracting and annoying. And like water, it's dangerous. There is a downside. And I think that tension adds to the experience. With the ocean, the ocean deserves our respect.

That's right. You can play music that bothers you. Sometimes my kids play music. It's not my style. I ask them to turn it down or turn it off. You can blow your eardrums out if it's too loud. It can be distracting and annoying. And like water, it's dangerous. There is a downside. And I think that tension adds to the experience. With the ocean, the ocean deserves our respect.

A big river, a frozen lake requires our knowledge and our respect in order to approach it correctly and safely. So that tension actually adds a component to this experience.

A big river, a frozen lake requires our knowledge and our respect in order to approach it correctly and safely. So that tension actually adds a component to this experience.

A big river, a frozen lake requires our knowledge and our respect in order to approach it correctly and safely. So that tension actually adds a component to this experience.

And hopefully you're starting to understand why. We started at how is this conversation any more than just a tweet? And now here we go. Now we're going down the path and understanding why sitting by that lake means

And hopefully you're starting to understand why. We started at how is this conversation any more than just a tweet? And now here we go. Now we're going down the path and understanding why sitting by that lake means

And hopefully you're starting to understand why. We started at how is this conversation any more than just a tweet? And now here we go. Now we're going down the path and understanding why sitting by that lake means

it holds you in that place and pulls you back and psychologists call it soft fascination so it holds you in that place it doesn't overwhelm you the lake isn't chattering and telling you things and and distracting you it's holding your attention though it's giving you just enough visual and auditory stimulation that you go this is this is interesting but it's not requiring you to process words and images and language

it holds you in that place and pulls you back and psychologists call it soft fascination so it holds you in that place it doesn't overwhelm you the lake isn't chattering and telling you things and and distracting you it's holding your attention though it's giving you just enough visual and auditory stimulation that you go this is this is interesting but it's not requiring you to process words and images and language

it holds you in that place and pulls you back and psychologists call it soft fascination so it holds you in that place it doesn't overwhelm you the lake isn't chattering and telling you things and and distracting you it's holding your attention though it's giving you just enough visual and auditory stimulation that you go this is this is interesting but it's not requiring you to process words and images and language

and and solve puzzles so it allows you to kick back and create and or have a conversation with someone you care about while being held in this place of soft fascination that's mildly mesmerizing and soothing and you know to kind of extend that

and and solve puzzles so it allows you to kick back and create and or have a conversation with someone you care about while being held in this place of soft fascination that's mildly mesmerizing and soothing and you know to kind of extend that

and and solve puzzles so it allows you to kick back and create and or have a conversation with someone you care about while being held in this place of soft fascination that's mildly mesmerizing and soothing and you know to kind of extend that

It also pulls us at romantic moments, at memorialization moments where we want to go deeper emotionally with someone or with a group of people, sacred vows or commitments to each other. So it's almost a cliche that ceremonies are held by the water and honeymoons go to the water and memorializations happen by the water.

It also pulls us at romantic moments, at memorialization moments where we want to go deeper emotionally with someone or with a group of people, sacred vows or commitments to each other. So it's almost a cliche that ceremonies are held by the water and honeymoons go to the water and memorializations happen by the water.