February 17, 2006

Bathtubs are places of wonder, and not just because they can so easily accommodate the broken shards of other people’s lives. Rather, they do something to us, they please our organic tissues in ways that soap and water alone never could. Indeed, it’s incredible how joyful we get when our genitals get soaked in warm water.

I now suspect that large, ceramic bowls remind us of those primordial delights we felt when we were fish. And you know that throbbing sound you hear when you hold your head underwater?! I think it’s your heart telling you things about yourself.