I love swimming and always have. I remember pretending to have fins like a fish at a family reunion at Jaybird when I was little. Then it became a mermaid tail when the movie Splash came out, and again when the movie The Little Mermaid came out. I remember being 10 and climbing up the high dive in Riverton, Utah and biting my tongue as I hit the water- I am so afraid of heights.
This is a batik piece that I did in high school of that high dive memory, got a little banged up a few years ago in storage. The pool probably wasn't as big as it seemed to a little kid, but it definitely felt like I was 20 feet up in the air- and who knows? Maybe it was. But I can't for the life of me figure out why I went up there in the first place. I'm proud of myself for using a little courage though. Chalk it up to my love of swimming... I went swimming today, and it was fun.
10 months ago
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God made you love swimming so that you would save my life. Twice, wasn't it? Thanks again for that.
Also, that painting looks like it came out of a Shel Silverstein book. You should make a little poem to go with it.
ha ha, maybe I will. I'm glad I had the courage to save you... twice! Life would've been dull without you. And now too I guess, but you live far away :) j/k
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