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By Annie Grevers, Swimming World Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n

With a cover as inviting as your backyard pool on a sweltering summer day, you\u2019ll want to cannonball into Lisa Congdon<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Joy of Swimming<\/a>.\u201d Every swirling line, intricate letter, and stroke of water color that make up this book were done by Congdon\u2019s disciplined hand. This is the sixth book created by Congdon, but this is different than any other she\u2019s penned\/painted.<\/p>\n

An avid splasher in California summers, Congdon swam through her youth, then decided she preferred sleep to early morning practice in high school. At age 16, Congdon suffered a serious knee injury in a skiing accident\u2014 doctors prescribed swimming to regain muscle mass. Congdon fell in love with the water once again. She swam competitively her senior year in high school, then went off to college, where her second swimming hiatus commenced.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Christopher Dibble<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1996, at age 28, Congdon discovered Masters swimming. Over the next 11 years, Congdon traveled the world to compete in Masters meets.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore I discovered art, swimming was most of my life outside of my job from 1993 to 2006,\u201d Congdon said. She did not pick up a paintbrush until the age of 31, when she took a painting class to decompress from her day job. Now, at age 48, she is a full-time artist.<\/p>\n

Leann Shapton<\/strong>\u2019s book “Swimming Studies<\/a>” led Congdon to begin drawing parallels between art and swimming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey both require enormous discipline and a unique form of endurance,\u201d Congdon says. \u201cBoth are rigorous, but also a form of play.\u201d Congdon has been amazed by the number of her artist friends who have swimming penciled into their daily routine.<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S INSIDE?<\/h2>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Lisa Congdon<\/p><\/div>\n

Congdon injects her art into every page\u2014 watercoloring infographics on topics such as the evolution of the bathing suit, common backyard pool shapes, and the fascinating rules of public pools in Paris, Japan and Iceland. Other pages entertain and educate readers on Olympic \u201cfirsts,\u201d quirky facts on each stroke, the anatomy of the swim parka (we\u2019ve never seen it dissected before), the most gifted canine swimmers, the science of swimming, how fast humans are compared to other mammals in water, and the ancient history of the swimming pool. Just as the water can be enjoyed at any age, Congdon\u2019s book can be delighted in at any page.<\/p>\n

A foreword by accomplished open water swimmer and author,\u00a0Lynne Cox<\/a>,<\/strong> sets the tone for what\u2019s meant to be a nostalgic, inspiring, creative space.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted the book to illicit a range of experiences and feelings\u2014 courage, discipline, accomplishment, free spiritedness, play, summertime, friendship and camaraderie,” Congdon said. “Mostly I wanted the book to help people feel a sense of nostalgia and love for swimming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congdon put out a call for subjects on her blog<\/a> and stories flooded in. She knew that swimming had been her safety net when life felt like a free fall, but she was profoundly moved by the emotional attachment so many people had with the water. Swimming had saved so many lives in moments of despair.<\/p>\n

Vignettes on passionate swimmers (ages 9 to 92) are accompanied by a detailed watercolor depiction of each subject. Congdon had a research assistant for fact finding, but she was the sole artist responsible for hand painting the 140-page book. \u201cThere were definitely days when I thought, \u2018Why did I agree to hand paint all of the illustrations?\u2019\u201d But when Congdon received a hard copy in January, she knew it was all worthwhile.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Lisa Congdon<\/p><\/div>\n

A few of the featurettes share the important role of swimming in the lives of familiar Masters swimmers like Karlyn Pipes<\/strong>, Jeff Commings<\/strong>, and Kimberley Chambers<\/strong>. But most subjects are not swimming celebrities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was important that the book was about the power of swimming in the lives of regular people who happen to swim; for whom swimming is a source of feeling power and joy,\u201d Congdon says. \u201cI wanted the book to reflect the diversity of the swimming community\u2014 black and white, young and old, gay and straight, able and disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book\u2019s short stories all point to water as the great equalizer. Some of the book\u2019s most poignant words on water come from Congdon\u2019s introduction:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows the awkward to move with grace, the heavy to feel light, and the disabled to feel accomplished. It is an emotional blanket in times of recovery and vulnerability. It is a form of movement that supports us no matter how large or small we are, how tall or short, how able-bodied or disabled.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Featured swimmer Chel Micheline<\/strong>, who was born with a neurological disease called spina bifida, swims every day unless there is a hurricane preventing her from getting to the pool (that actually happened). Chel finds her inner warrior everyday in the water, where she does not feel at the mercy of her disease. Dwarfism, cerebral palsy, or paraplegia make certain tasks more difficult for other subjects, but when they slip into the water, movement is free and easy.<\/p>\n

Just as museum-goers stare at a piece of art and have a unique emotional reaction, swimmers have a distinct emotional reaction to the sensation of moving through water. Everyone\u2019s relationship with swimming is different, and that\u2019s part of the reason this book\u2019s hodge podge of colors, facts, and stories feels just right. Swimmers are a motley crew, from a wide range of backgrounds\u2014 but when it comes to sharing our love and appreciation for the water, we\u2019re all the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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