Of Divers And Drivers

On The Road

Or In The Water

A seasoned driver has his speed checked by using the accelerator, except when it’s raining when roads are slick and visibility is poor, then he uses the breaks - in the same way that a new diver has one finger on the inflator all the time to go up and down the water. As he gets more accustomed to diving, he uses breathing: out - gets him down, in - buoys him up. In everything else, experience economizes use of facilities, which the naïve clings to his full advantage.
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Cuffed Limbs

The Galleon
Talima, Cebu

This dive site is now called The Galleon, home to huge sweetlips and groupers. A wooden-hulled boat was sunk here. Brought so close to the wall, the surge pushed it to the edge, breaking it in two. Now what is left is the bow, perched on the reef front, rigged by steel wires to rocks. And since most of the wooden planking already decayed, what remains is the skeletal framework shaped like a ribcage. With the rigging, it looked like cuffed limbs outstretched to the heavens. It's only a matter of time before the steel wires pull the bow apart....

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