#craig foster

[wellconstructedsentences]

People ask, 'Why are you going to the same place every day?' But that's when you see the subtle differences. And that's when you get to know the wild.

My Octopus Teacher by Craig Foster

[quotesfrommyreading]

Despite the undeniable intelligence of octopuses, and the growing evidence of their sociability, there is still the perpetual challenge of correctly interpreting their behavior—especially their behavior toward us. Octopus caretakers often emphasize that many octopuses voluntarily solicit touch, play, and companionship, even when there is no food or material reward involved. Presumably, if they did not want such interactions, they would not pursue them. But that does not erase the impossibility of knowing what another species experiences, nor does it diminish the evolutionary chasm between mammals and mollusks. When an octopus rests briefly on Craig Foster’s chest, what makes us so confident that it’s a sign of friendship? When Egbert pulls on Elora Kooistra’s finger, is he really inviting her to help?

Perhaps what we perceive as affection is actually reflexive exploration by a creature whose senses of touch and taste far surpass our own. Maybe octopuses don’t regard us so much as friends or associates as giant, elaborate levers they can manipulate for their own benefit. Though we know much more about octopuses today than even a few decades ago, they retain an essential inscrutability. There is no Rosetta Stone for octopus language, if such a language even exists. There is no familiar countenance or shared repertoire of emotion to consult. Instead, we have only a makeshift semiotics—an exchange of uncertain gestures across what may well be an unbridgeable abyss.

  —  Can We Really Be Friends with an Octopus?

[moxyphinx]

“’Okay, I trust you. I trust you, human, and now you can come into my octopus world.’ And she’s moving towards me and my natural instinct to gently back away. And then I just wanted to keep still, so I held onto a rock. She just kept coming and then covered my whole hand. I’d been underwater for quite a long time, so I just gently pushed for the surface, thinking she would move off my hand. But she didn’t. She just rode my hand right to the surface. There I was, just staring into the eyes of this incredible creature.” My Octopus Teacher (2020)

[jerjja]

The unlikeliest group photo ever

From left to right:

Is Craig Foster the half-elf ranger biting her nails or physically holding her tongue? Who can say...

Catra Von Sisse the tiefling monk, not taking a single thing ever in her life seriously, but also making sure her fist is tactically positioned as close to Strahd's head as possible.

Adelaide Uccello the human bard, attempting to muster a smile just before she and Strahd have the messiest public breakup ever.

Strahd, being Strahd; no further comment strictly necessary, but the group photo was his idea, to remember them by, after he's killed everyone the entire country #justdarklordthings

Vitam "Deerheart" Nalakuthala, the goliath nature cleric, channeling Ben Affleck smoking pretty hard due to Strahd existing; Sunny agrees with them. Sunny usually agrees with them.

Rudolph "Rudy" (Yes of course we call him Rudy) Van Richten was not invited to be in this group picture by Strahd and "accidentally" wandered in frame while performing a routine equipment check.

[maaarine]

MBTI & Celebs Craig Foster: INFP

“My Octopus Teacher is a 2020 Netflix Original documentary film directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed,

which documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest.

At the 93rd Academy Awards, it won the award for Best Documentary Feature.”

Sources: video, wiki/My_Octopus_Teacher.

[riverwindphotography]

What's so amazing about this environment is you're in a three dimensional forest, and you can jump off the top and go wherever you want. You're flying, basically.

Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher

[bui1ding-dreams]

"You go into that water, and its extremely liberating. All your worries and problems and life drama just dissolve."

- Craig Foster

missing freediving 🐚🌊🐟🧜

[a-tatter-of-crows]

No one woke up one morning and asked for their day to end like this, Craig!

💙🐙💙