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My life as a swimmer began in 1993. It was not until 2001 when I began to create a swim-ming journal in the form of drawings. “PRX12” is one of nearly 600 drawings representa-tive of more than two dozen pools I visited since 1993.

I take into account the ambiguity of the water environment, symbolism and spiritualism, balance and symmetry, mysticism and metaphor. Included are subtleties in pool design variations from one location to another, time of day, weather and water conditions. My swimming routines combined with various degrees of my general state of mental, emo-tional and physical preparedness completes the narrative.

I am the catalyst for these drawings. My reliance upon these swimming pools brings the viewer to a public space I see as private, intimate, magical, transformative and reflective. That, is what a swimming pool to me embodies.

The Burlingame Aquatic Center is the subject for “PRX12”.

Dennis Sopczynski

swimbotls@gmail.com