Monday and Tuesday of this week were ideal swimming pool
days for me: bright sun, high temp, warm water, relatively few people in the pool.
I could have lapped and lapped – it was effortless and totally pleasurable. Now
and then, I dove under in my lane, playing porpoise, or dolphin, whatever. . . (as
close to playful as I come in a pool).
Often, something about the pool is “off”: too many people clogging
“my” already “slow” lane, shockingly cool water, intermittent-only sunshine. That
last is the worst. I would happily trade state secrets for steady sunshine on
cool-water days, when I must labor up and down, hoping to see the telltale patterns
in the water that tell me the sun has broken through.
But Monday and Tuesday made up for many less comfortable
days.
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Then today’s visit to “the new Whitney,” which opened May 1
in a different part of NYC – a wonderful place! With myriad close-up views of
the Hudson River, the High Line, the district around the museum (roof gardens,
w/ furniture and lights. . .), as well as the World Trade Center, the Empire
State building and other landmarks . . . simply standing on one of the museum’s
(8th, 7th and 6th floor) terraces to look
around and enjoy the breeze – not to mention the sculpture there too – was a
huge thrill.
The many-floored opening exhibit, “America is hard
to see,” w/ a title from Robert Frost, was terrific in the parts I saw, which I
didn’t begin to do thoroughly. Instead, I walked through everything, for an overview
of both the place itself and the art on view.
The Whitney will be a repeat destination!
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