13.8.09

email to the fam.

i laughed out loud to myself on sunday when i was at the house of marilia's mother, babysitting and here i had just travelled about twenty minutes with ivo in the car, driving past beautiful countryside and hills on one side and ocean on the left, listening to ivo sing silly dance songs, and immediately i come in and they insist i sit down and eat with them, have wine (the same 14% alcohol content wine, which i must tell you i refused all but one tiny little glass) and coffee and ice cream, and then they insisted i go to the sea and take my time swimming there, while they took care of the children. i laughed out loud as i was being paid to go to what is now my most favorite, and the most magical place in the world '''' under the sea! i spied what i imagined was a jelly fish at one point, and was awestruck, diving under and opening my eyes and simply astounded at the beauty in the bright brilliant blues and teal and shape of rocks underwater and the light coming down in pin points of light. with your eyes open under the sea everything is blurry and perfect circles of color are fish and you reach out to touch the little gray spot and it moves just without reach. i kept diving under over and over and i couldnt get enough! when i came back to the house i wanted to write about it and tried but failed, and i wanted to paint about it but i dont know that i could fully describe how simply beyond anything i've ever experienced was this kind of beauty.