{"id":30026,"date":"2020-10-18T20:23:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T09:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=30026"},"modified":"2020-10-18T20:23:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T09:23:25","slug":"my-octopus-teacher-stuns-audiences-reinforces-power-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=30026","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My Octopus Teacher\u2019 Stuns Audiences, Reinforces Power of Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/My_Octopus_Teacher-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"My Octopus Teacher\" class=\"wp-image-30027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/My_Octopus_Teacher-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/My_Octopus_Teacher-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/My_Octopus_Teacher-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/My_Octopus_Teacher.jpg 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his latest documentary, My Octopus Teacher, free diver and filmmaker Craig Foster tells a unique story about his friendship and bond with an octopus in a kelp forest in Cape Town, South Africa. It&#8217;s been labeled &#8220;the love story that we need right now&#8221; by The Cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As noted by CNN, the film follows Foster as he battles career exhaustion and depression by going for daily swims in the frigid South African coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He becomes fixated upon a common octopus, freediving daily to visit and observe her in her natural habitat. He&#8217;s amazed by her ability to find clever ways to evade predators and adapt to her environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/my-octopus-teacher-movie-2647785692.html\">https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/my-octopus-teacher-movie-2647785692.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his latest documentary, My Octopus Teacher, free diver and filmmaker Craig Foster tells a unique story about his friendship and bond with an octopus in a kelp forest in Cape Town, South Africa. It&#8217;s been labeled &#8220;the love story that we need right now&#8221; by The Cut. As noted by CNN, the film follows &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=30026\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u2018My Octopus Teacher\u2019 Stuns Audiences, Reinforces Power of Nature&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30028,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30026\/revisions\/30028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}