Beach Blanket Universe

Sunscreen...Check
Towels...Check
Water...Check
Inter-Personal Behavior...Check

Yesterday, was my Beachn day!!!
Yeah the sun was awesome!
& the sand at my footsies was great!

Most Fascinating was to watch how people brought their universe to the beach.

First off..Isn't it funny how we claim a square of space as our own. & for the next 4 hours this is OUR space.
We become possessive of that space. & self righteous of what is allowed on our new found frontier.

A JAM PACKED BEACH & yet...Every single beach blanket was a contained UNIVERSE.

To my left was a mother, her 2 kids, her sister & her parents. Her older son was happily digging in the sand. Apparently to close to the 4 woman to their left. Bc...

One Brooklynese yelled: "Teach your kids some Manners!"

The mother of the young boy eloquently retorted:
"Shut it."

The ladies went back & forth for a while & then for the next 3 hours they bathed in the sun whilst complaining about the other.

Uh mazing...

-The confronters victimized the complainers & justified their victim hood.

Then in front of me was a young couple in high school fighting. She wanted to lay in the sun & he wanted her to go into the water with him. Finally, she went into the water. Once back on their beach blanket they began fighting again. Bc he made a snide comment: "That was fun & you wouldn't have done it if it wasn't for me!"

-The bickering young lovers take time to snicker ;)

To my right was a fully clothed man: sneakers, socks up to his knees, shorts, colored shirt. He was visibly uncomfortable sitting in the sun with his girlfriend, her mom & her sister. His girlfriend's older sister thought he was a weirdo & spoke to him that way. For the next 3 hours she makes "subtle" side comments about people who come to the beach & if they don't like sand they should "Stay Home." She never says his name but it is clearly About him!

-The passive aggressive patiently found an easy target for her aggression!

Not a Free spot on the beach & everything feels so big and overrun.
Yet, all of our worlds are so TINY.

On this 4x4 beach blanket a universe is created! There are rules. Governing parties. Subjects...

Today, think of the last time you went to the beach & how within every group there were dynamics & universes. Do you ever wish you were on someone else's blanket? Is your blanket calm & enjoyable? Is your blanket an argument zone?

Be honest with yourself & the atmosphere you create in the universe! Bc this is what you carry with you EVERYWHERE!!!...even to the Beachn Peachy Beach :)

Xo