The premodern archives of the islands known today as the Philippines,
swim in the archipelagic seas, connected by wires & whispers.
Translating archival texts back into the virtual vernacular,
a marine sanctuary guardian guides the descent.
Before diving into this ocean of memory,
BREATHE...
Inhale through your mouth, filling your chest.
Hold [contradictions]
Hold [uncertainty]
Exhale, the unknown.
Inhale through your mouth, filling your chest, expanding your lungs sideways.
Hold [the edge]
Hold [the limit]
Hold [the perimeter]
Exhale, the inner, out.
Inhale through your mouth, filling your chest, expanding your lungs sideways, hitting your diaphragm.
Hold [memories]
Hold [archives]
Hold [traditions]
Hold [texts]
Exhale [spacebar].
Inhale through your mouth, filling your chest, expanding your lungs sideways, hitting your diaphragm.
Hold
Hold.
Hold..
Hold...
Hold [nothing]
Exhale [everything].
Hold:
Freediving is not about speed, but presence in slowed space-time.
(In the following page, wait for the the background download before starting the descent.
When depth appears, click anywhere to equalize & begin the dive.)
To equalize is to relieve pressure in internal cavities.
As you scroll-dive, pause to equalize linked density,
or allow the sea of data to dissolve, disintegrate, & disrupture...
Exhale...
Inhale...
Hold...