A comma between high and low tide

When things don't go as planned and I want to put my worries aside for a moment, I naturally think of the ocean.
For those tired from living in tall buildings, the thought of an open beach feels refreshing and makes your heart feel like it's opening up.
Everyone's reasons for thinking of the sea may be different, but no matter where you go, the sea will always be waiting in the same place.

When you want to look at the cool sea without stopping, open 『Like the Sea, Leisurely』.
The sea, glimpsed through a hole between the pine trees on the cover, piques curiosity.
When you open the book, the large-format pictures make you feel like you are actually at the sea.
Max Ducos returns to gouache to present a colorful vision of the sea.
Gouache is a painting technique that mixes rubber with watercolor paint to create an opaque effect.
Max Ducos's painting style is full of life, like the rippling waves even in thin lines, and you can feel the transparency of the nearby sea and the depth of the distant sea.

The sea, the narrator of the book, has given you a corner of the beach.
We always just look at the sea, but we never think about how the sea sees us.
To show the sea's perspective in the book, the same composition was used to capture the changing scenery over time.
The sea whispers to you.
“Look at the wind…….
Listen to the shadows… … .
Enjoy.”

A story as colorful as the ocean water

A peaceful-looking beach, if you look closely, reveals many stories unfolding.
Robin happily builds sand castles on the sandy plains that are gradually revealed by the low tide.
Robin marks the castle's territory with seaweed, as if he were a soldier in a sand castle.
Little Enzo looks at the sand castle with curious eyes, and then, oh no, he destroys it.
Robin is upset, but then he gets to see the rare sight of his fathers building a sand castle.
Luna was having a sweet time with Elliot under a rainbow parasol.
Could it be that they're jealous of each other? It feels like the sudden raindrops will tear them apart.
However, Elliot and Luna enjoy a cozy time together, using the parasol as an umbrella to avoid getting wet.

Things that you think are unfortunate can actually become new opportunities at the beach.
There are no major incidents at the beach, but the story continues with one story after another.
Even when the weather changes and people visit the beach, looking at the horizon stretching far away, the lighthouse shining in the same place, and the sea water rising without fail when the time comes, I feel that the sea is similar to our lives.
Just as the ebb and flow of the tide repeats every day, so too do people's lives.


May your life flow like the sea

I'll tell you a surprising story.
The beach in the book is a real place.
If you ever pass by here, you'll know right away.
We may rush off to escape the daily grind or head to the beach with excitement for a one-time vacation, but nothing special may happen there.
The mere fact that you are there makes it special.


Just like a scene in a book, each moment you spend together creates today, and today together becomes your daily life.
That's how life flows along, going back and forth between the ebb and flow of the tide.
I hope that your daily life, even if it is not special, will be filled with small happinesses like a rising tide, while your worries will flow away like an ebb tide.