Salt River, Tennessee

Some days I feel like this, like I am just barely keeping my head above water. Too much to do. 

This is the long swim in Salt River cave. It is about 6 inches of airspace over many feet of water. You can't touch the bottom and as you swim the trick is not to make waves because they come up to the ceiling. So that is what I do these days when there is too much work. Just swim through it calmly and try not to make waves. 

-Stephen Alvarez

 

Comments

[Brian Roebuck]

Looks like a nice swim! Mental toughness required...

[April]

Do you think Crusty the Clown from The Simpsons can be heard in the background saying: "EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT!" ? ;)

[Maureen]

"Just swim through it calmly and try not to make waves." So many of us can identify with that prescription for living.

The pock-marked ceiling looks like the surface of the moon, and the feeling the image creates is one of immense heaviness, a massive weight pushing down.

[willow]

This is really inspiring composition - it's such a claustrophobic photograph with the ceiling of the shot taking up most of the space. I feel this way at the moment.

[Lydia]

beautiful analogy...striking photo