We seldom stop to think that we are still creatures of the sea, able to leave it only because, from birth to death, we wear the water-filled space suits of our skins.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Humans are biologically adapted to water but must carry it within their skin to survive outside the sea.
- In plain terms
- We are sea creatures who wear our skin as a water suit to live on land.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize our biological roots in water and the body's limits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does our biology influence our view of nature?
- Why is water essential for human life?
Another view
This metaphor ignores terrestrial evolutionary adaptations.
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