Water
Water always appealed to me, be it a public bath, lake, river or even the ocean; swimming was the only kind of exercise that I enjoyed at school. It probably has something to do with the fact that I grew up at a river; looking out of the kitchen window and watching the river and all that happened around it was a source of joy that I took for granted.
Water can be very pleasing, calm and warm, or it can scare the hell out of you with its coldness and quiet violence and might. Water has no specific odour, and yet you're able to tell immediately if there is some water somewhere around you. Water will please you if you're thirsty, or it will swallow you if it is thirsty...
Water always appealed to me, be it a public bath, lake, river or even the ocean; swimming was the only kind of exercise that I enjoyed at school. It probably has something to do with the fact that I grew up at a river; looking out of the kitchen window and watching the river and all that happened around it was a source of joy that I took for granted.
Water can be very pleasing, calm and warm, or it can scare the hell out of you with its coldness and quiet violence and might. Water has no specific odour, and yet you're able to tell immediately if there is some water somewhere around you. Water will please you if you're thirsty, or it will swallow you if it is thirsty...
