(Although it would rather spoil the effect if we really did all turn up there.) "The Slow Coast could be a place for you, too, to get your Blue Mind on," he prescribes. His is the blue of the Pacific and the so-called Slow Coast, "50 miles of cool, peace and quiet – just a jump south of San Francisco", where he and his fellow Californians take "unhurried" walks, "chill out" and "catch some waves". This handsome man – pictured in his author photo up to his neck in the sea, more Keanu Reeves in his surf-god pomp than lab-bound scientist – is the very embodiment of his theme. It's also, almost accidentally, a sort of autobiography. To be filed under "popular psychology", Blue Mind is a study in water and why it makes us happy. I don't think this is the sort of blue Wallace J Nichols is writing about. I looked at my hands and arms, and they were indeed a pale indigo. My friend Mark, whom I had persuaded to join me, looked at me with wonder. A couple of years ago, after one of my daily swims in the sea, I emerged from the freezing, out-of-season Cornish waters shivering more than usual. It is the enabler of our leisure and, in many ways, our last resort. O cean plants supply 50% of the oxygen in the atmosphere, and the sea provides much of the food we eat.
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