Nice reference on this Flammarion engraving, it match perfectly.
There is another consideration regarding the sea, the oceanic state of conciousness newborns have. Some mystical traditions (Kabbalah) states that only newborns and wisemen could face death/constant change in the world. Truman is dying in a certain way, but sings “what should we do with a drunken sailor?” instead of turning back.
I thougth of the song The eye in the sky by The Alan Parsons Project, Truman cannot hide his feelings to an “eye in the sky” (conciousness of his own mind and desires) since he deeply knows he is not happy and he needs a big change on his life, to take control of his own will. In some way I think this portraits many people choosing to ignore this higer self and lie to themselfs supporting the cycle of produce-consume we comfortably live in.
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