Swimming in July
During an evening swim through big, slow swells, I floated on my back and peered across at San Francisco; the sun was sinking directly behind the city. All I could see was the water — dark, nearly black, the way it gets at that time of day — and the scalloped top of the city’s silhouette, like a floating citadel. Atlantean, in that light.
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I used to have these elaborate theories that maybe there was something about the movement of the body and the water that magically sparked a deeper consciousness. But I’ve really come to realize the obvious thing, which is that these are simply the most unburdened spaces in my life, the moments in which I have the greatest uninterrupted intimacy... See more
Maria Popova • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
A pool gathers water, and to pool is to collect. […] There needs to be some flow for the pool to keep from stagnating, otherwise it would be called a pond; bathing in ponds, swamps, or bogs is different. A swimming pool holds enough water for people to frolic in, move their limbs, float, or race back and forth. A great deal of effort is made to
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