Inside my fires are freezing, my heart is pumping spurts of ice

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A winter swimmer swims after breaking the ice on a frozen lake at a park in Shenyang, China. (wsj.com: Sheng Li, Reuters).  Post title by Hélène Cixous, from Inside.

18 thoughts on “Inside my fires are freezing, my heart is pumping spurts of ice

    1. George Mallory is famously quoted as having replied to the question “Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?” with the retort “Because it’s there”, which has been called “the most famous three words in mountaineering”

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  1. To my eyes, an Interesting photo, the swimmer wouldn’t have had the experience in that location had a boat not opened the ice with force…unveiling.

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