My busy work schedule was crammed into the first three days of this week but today and tomorrow are all mine! Just got back from a great swim in the outdoor pool at the fitness center. The pool was busy. Beside the lap lanes, a water aerobics class was in high gear and swimming lessons were going on in a corner spot. Now, I'm headed to the studio to continue working on those etching plates I've mentioned.
Doing my laps this morning, a great swim memory from a few years ago came to mind: It was a foggy, cool, rainy Sunday afternoon and I was the only person in the pool (for reasons I can't at all fathom). The life guard, to keep from falling asleep during such light duty, I assume, began walking around the outside of the pool singing! Blues, jazz and opera. He had a great voice and it was wonderful to listen to him in the middle of all that atmosphere.
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How wonderful! (Although my ears are usually blocked by hair and water and I don't hear much of anything unless it's underwater.) A few times recently I've walked out to the pool when somebody was playing opera, and I wondered why but enjoyed it until I buried my head in the water.
ReplyDeleteFor years, for a reason that I never determined, I would find myself thinking about New York in the 1940s while I was swimming. (Not that old and have been in NY only twice.)
I like your blog entries about art, too, you know - just less to say :)
How curious! Do you think your NY/40's thoughts were a meditation of sorts?
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