2003-09-02 / 11:43 a.m.

(surfacing)

In the first one it is a swimming pool - wide and deep and sparkling blue in the sunlight. I've dropped two important pieces of paper over the edge into the water and now they've floated into the middle. I dive into the water, all my clothes still on (shoes too), to retrieve them and am amazed that they are still in pristine condition when I finally grasp them in my hands. The ink has not yet even start to run.

In the second one, I've dropped a small plastic piece of something (I don't know what, just that it's very important) into a small outdoor spa that's much deeper than it looks. Once again I jump in, fully clothed with shoes, and fumble around on the spa floor - eyes wide open - until I find the peice and return, triumphant but exhausted, to the surface.

last night ... tonight