as stars in the sky

 

"each as remote, as space-surronded, as stars in the sky."

"No ships, no planes, no land, no boundaries, nothing —

only the limitless blue of sky and ocean, fusing at times

into a single blue bowl. This featureless, cloudless

vastness is a great relief, and reverie-inducing — but,

like sensory deprivation, somewhat terrifying too. The

Vast thrills, as well as terrifies.”

 

[Oliver Sacks, The Island od the Colour-blind]