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split tongued spirit

Posted on May 24, 2008 @ 4:28 pm by massimo | Filed under: blog, fear, philippines, sailing, swimming

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Swimming in open sea is my favourite sport: yet it scares me a little. As soon as I jump into the water, some sort of split tongued spirit talks and says out of the vast sea: “maybe you should sink and die”. When the spirit talks louder my worries can’t be denied. But alas, I never gave up. On the contrary I keep my eyes wide open, looking for some potential danger…
The waters out of Boracay’s beach are always damn crowded by fast boats cruising at any time of the day. It is a real hassle, since local pilots seem to care absolutely nothing of swimmers, nor to understand how fragile a floating man is. It’s hard for me to forget the time when a fast paraw nearly broke me down…The reckless driver simply couldn’t see me, I guess because the dusk…

Illustration Friday’s topic is: worry

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Bellissima illustrazione, forte la differenza tra la calma dell’uomo sulla barca e la quasi frenesia di quello che nuota!!!
… non lo fare più è molto pericoloso, è indispensabile una barchetta appoggio con un amico che segnala la presenza.

faruffa wrote on May 24, 2008 - 4:34 pm CEST

well you really have to be careful out there. i heard some stories. but i guess nowadays they have restricted some boats to not go too close to the shore as people are indeed swimming.

nonetheless, boracay is really one of the most popular tourists spot here in the philippines and thanks for featuring this.

btw i still dont have a posty for IF’s topic worry.. and im worried. lol.

velvet wrote on May 24, 2008 - 8:41 pm CEST

Love that swimmer! :-)

willie wrote on May 25, 2008 - 4:35 pm CEST

hi again. i gathered up some links and added this post to my [list of worries]. hope you dont mind. 8)

velvet wrote on May 25, 2008 - 10:28 pm CEST

Beautiful illo and i can understand your worry and I’m happy the paraw missed you :)

valgalart wrote on May 26, 2008 - 2:50 am CEST

Love the rhythms in this and the stark contrasts of colour. A cool image!

Connie Martin wrote on May 26, 2008 - 6:24 pm CEST

beautiful colors and i am glad the paraw missed you. anyway, take care, too.

isay wrote on June 14, 2008 - 6:40 pm CEST

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