aqueous memory archive

A collaborative collection of memories with & in water contributed by artists, writers, musicians, educators, & activists

Photo of young child in front of a body of water

Tashi Wada

Untitled (The Seaside Somewhere in Europe)

I have a childhood memory of walking into the ocean before I was a confident swimmer, and slowly reaching the point where I could no longer touch the ground—just the tip of my toes and then lift off. I was filled with both fear and exhilaration. The bottom gives out and then you’re out in the deep end, in the wide openness, you and the unfathomableness of the sky above and the ocean below.

Tashi Wada • He/Him • New York City / Los Angeles

Tashi Wada is a musician living in Los Angeles.


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