Sensory Explorations: Decreasing Sight, Increasing Feel

The author’s dive partner. His legs are in a frog kick. His arms extend before him. Sediment falls from the roof. It is dark. Dominican Republic (2018).

We glide through the cave. I think of myself as a straight edged arrow. The space below me, an invisible rebound that prevents me from dipping down and keeps me in neutral buoyancy.

We pass through a U-shaped restriction that forces us into a downward angle, moving headfirst toward the ground while our legs are still caught inside the rock contours. This is a liberating moment where the diver is taken out of their log shape and into what feels like a momentary free fall where we become top heavy.

The author

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