I forgot again how good underwater swimming is. It should most definitely be done more often. Most especially, backwards somersaulting over and over and over with a short breath in at each turn until water and colour and inside and outside are spinning like some kind of trippy washing machine… why does it feel so good to be disorientated? Being dizzy, getting lost, being upside down, moving fast… blurring the edges of yourself?

Or just gliding on your back along the bottom of the pool: smooth and silent, the crowds above voiceless watery shapes, you invisible.