9am: after a walk through Gardens by the Bay, it was time for a coconut water fix, sitting next to a pond with the biggest Koi I have seen in a very long time.
Day 40: you astonish me
9am: after a walk through Gardens by the Bay, it was time for a coconut water fix, sitting next to a pond with the biggest Koi I have seen in a very long time.
Day 39: you rock me
oil on board (detail)
I was a surf life saver during my 20’s and learnt much about the power of the oceans force, along with its beauty and at times it’s gentleness, like when you float motionless with arms and legs stretched out and let the sea gently rock you into a wonderful state of calmness.
Day 37: you remind me
watercolour and ink on paper
you remind me to take life by the balls and get shit done.
...now how do I write that politely and still convey the same intensity?
Day 36: you propel me
Sea - A big blue wobbly thing that mermaids live in. (urban dictionary)
Image is of a fish tank at a local Food court...the inhabitants were pleading with me for their release....or was it simply "don't eat me"
Day 34: you lift me
My main pastime in the sea has been body surfing and as the best waves were where the board riders were I’d wear a bright yellow bathing cap to be seen. I was only hit once by a board, rewarded with a fabulous black eye.
It’s an amazing experience to be ‘lifted’ and transported forward on a wave. I’d stretch out the length of my body until I felt like a spear being flung forward.
My favourite beach to catch waves at was Titahi Bay, Wellington, where I could walk around to the far point of the bay, drive in behind the breakers and simply catch a ride back to the shore on a big wave. I spent two years as a Wallpaper Designer in a studio not far from this beach...lucky me.
Day 33: you deepen me
There is nothing softer and weaker than water,
And yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.For this reason there is no substitute for it. (Laozi, Tao te Ching),
Day 31: you focus me
Pool training is always rewarded with a session of hand-stands.
...now being sucked up into another dimension.
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Day 29: you nurture me
As the waves are gently lapping
What is the sea whispering to me
Day 28: you motivate me
"To me, the sea is like a person, a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there."
Gertrude Ederle - first woman to swim across the English Channel, 1926
Day 27: you lead me
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travels sake. the great affair is to move
- Robert Lewis Stevenson [....like a river]
Day 25: you wash me
one of several water features a Marina Barrage, Singapore
This dam was built at the confluence of five rivers, keeping the seawater out and creating a reservoir of fresh water which helps with the aim of self-sufficiency in water supply.
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...created for the young at heart to run through
Day 24: you surround me
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Day 22: you nourish me
“Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (Hungarian Biochemist, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986)
Day 21: you challenge me
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
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