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Ghost ship series: The ninth wave © George Grie, June 2009 |
title: Ghost ship series: The ninth wave
“The Ninth Wave” is an old sailor's expression. It means a single wave larger than all the others. Colossal, unexpected, startling - ninth waves are the material of legend. It is said that nothing can withstand their power. The nine’s wave is often referred as a destroyer or killer wave. An old nautical superstition holds that waves become progressively higher until the ninth wave (some claim the tenth) and that then the progression begins all over again. While waves sometimes form larger ones when they meet, there is no really a fixed interval when a large one can be predicted.
Part of the romance of the sea is found in its traditions and none have lingered longer than the superstitions of sailors. Many nautical superstitions have roots in an underlying truth or consideration for safety, but most reach so far back in time as to have their origins clouded in history forever. Sailing superstitions are ancient. No wonder then that superstitions about ghost ships might easily have fit into the belief system of the time. Some thought that the appearance of a ghost ship foretold the coming of a catastrophe.
The term "ghost ship" has several meanings actually. Just how might the concept of the phantom ship have gotten started? It isn't hard to come up with a theory. One of the most remote and isolated places on earth is the sea. Your ticket to survival rests solely upon one’s ship. Out of these forceful and dangerous seafaring circumstances arose some very intense superstitions. Figureheads on the bow were there to ward off evil sea serpents but could also represent the spirit of the ship. Most certainly, ghost ships are linked to shipwrecks and other sea disasters. They usually are seen at the sight where a ship was lost. Possibly, finding abandoned ships and the eerie feeling upon boarding them has fueled ghost ships superstitions.
There is another expression also taken from sailing - “The Seventh Wave”. It is the wave that sailors wait for, when they have no wind. The symbolic value of this expression is that you cannot just sit down and wait for things to happen, you have to find the energy in yourself and in teamwork with other people.
George Grie, June 2009
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“The Ninth Wave” is an old sailor's expression. It means a single wave larger than all the others. Colossal, unexpected, startling - ninth waves are the material of legend. It is said that nothing can withstand their power. The nine’s wave is often referred as a destroyer or killer wave. An old nautical superstition holds that waves become progressively higher until the ninth wave (some claim the tenth) and that then the progression begins all over again. While waves sometimes form larger ones when they meet, there is no really a fixed interval when a large one can be predicted.
Part of the romance of the sea is found in its traditions and none have lingered longer than the superstitions of sailors. Many nautical superstitions have roots in an underlying truth or consideration for safety, but most reach so far back in time as to have their origins clouded in history forever. Sailing superstitions are ancient. No wonder then that superstitions about ghost ships might easily have fit into the belief system of the time. Some thought that the appearance of a ghost ship foretold the coming of a catastrophe.
The term "ghost ship" has several meanings actually. Just how might the concept of the phantom ship have gotten started? It isn't hard to come up with a theory. One of the most remote and isolated places on earth is the sea. Your ticket to survival rests solely upon one’s ship. Out of these forceful and dangerous seafaring circumstances arose some very intense superstitions. Figureheads on the bow were there to ward off evil sea serpents but could also represent the spirit of the ship. Most certainly, ghost ships are linked to shipwrecks and other sea disasters. They usually are seen at the sight where a ship was lost. Possibly, finding abandoned ships and the eerie feeling upon boarding them has fueled ghost ships superstitions.
There is another expression also taken from sailing - “The Seventh Wave”. It is the wave that sailors wait for, when they have no wind. The symbolic value of this expression is that you cannot just sit down and wait for things to happen, you have to find the energy in yourself and in teamwork with other people.
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Anton / United States / Jun 8th, 2009
i love your art work its amazing im so glad you made this site keep up the amazing job nd the amazing drawings
Guillaume / Jun 6th, 2009
Congratulations for your new surreal image, it is really beautiful. Actually I love the Ghost Ship Series, this is a good mix between the vastness (i should say scaryness too:) and mystery of the sea! Keep up the good work ;)
AwesomeZazzlers / United States / Jun 5th, 2009
Congratulations, your artwork has been selected for a Star of Excellence in Artistic Design Award and is being featured on the front page of the Awesome Zazzlers Gallery.
chuck / United States / Jun 3rd, 2009
very nice, personally only use your works for my wallpapers
Frank Bell / United States / Jun 3rd, 2009
I love this type of art. I have included this art work in one of my video presentations called Night Beat. I will include yours in one of the next presentations. I am a great fan of Dali I have the preproduction of his painting of the Last Supper.
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