body of water
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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James Turrell, Heavy Water
immersion
In Victor Turner's analysis, the category of leisure might be understood as an invention of industrial society as a compensation? Within designated activities, we find remnants of what might be considered sacred rituals. He notes that in traditional societies the sacred was inseparable from play in the roots of theater — the sacred plays performed
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bathing spaces provide space for “critical distancing”, allowing space between you and the world by submerging yourself in water.
Victorian Bathing Machines
There is also plentiful evidence of members’ utter dedication to the club through the decades; when times were hard, it kept going largely thanks to their efforts. Building walls, laying lawns, clearing scrub, selling geraniums, mending deck chairs, re-tiling roofs, fixing frozen pipes, designing diving boards, establishing native plants and trees,... See more
New book celebrates 100 years of Henleaze Swimming Club – Outdoor Swimming Society
The Diving Stage
An immersive film exploring divers’ inner worlds.
CLIFFS by @beltraangonzalez
Premiere on DUST — 03.08
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