Ocean Voices: Haiku That Healed My Heart

A triple breakdown in relationships, work life, and health leaves Professor Denis Ladbrook teetering on the brink. Inspired by Carl Jung’s idea that the ocean symbolizes the unconscious—the great source of life, emotion, and soul—Denis chooses to leave the city for the seaside hamlet of Yanchep, an hour’s drive north of Perth, Western Australia. Tiptoeing down a steep dune track to the water’s edge as dawn breaks each morning, Denis walks far along the beach, immersed in sounds of wind and ...