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Pl\u00e1va\u0165 za\u010dala v\u00a0Pittsburghu. Mu\u017e predn\u00e1\u0161al na Carnegie, k\u00fdm ona si ka\u017ed\u00e9 dopoludnie navliekala na ruku farebn\u00fd papierov\u00fd pr\u00fa\u017eok. Ka\u017ed\u00fd de\u0148 inej farby, aby plavci ne\u0161vind\u013eovali. (Ist\u00fd \u010das mala chu\u0165 si ich odklada\u0165, ale na\u010do a komu? Zav\u0161e si ich nechala na ruke nieko\u013eko, potom pri\u0161iel za \u0148ou plav\u010d\u00edk a diskr\u00e9tne ju poprosil tie nespr\u00e1vne da\u0165 dolu, aby neprich\u00e1dzalo k omylom).<\/p>\n
Odvtedy pl\u00e1vala v\u0161ade, kam pri\u0161la. Najrad\u0161ej v\u0161ak mala ve\u013ek\u00fa presklen\u00fa plav\u00e1re\u0148 na univerzite Carnegie. K\u00fdm pl\u00e1vala, z vody cez obrovsk\u00e9 okn\u00e1 videla kampus a \u0161tudentov n\u00e1hliacich sa na predn\u00e1\u0161ky, posed\u00e1vaj\u00facich v parku, na bicykloch, v skupin\u00e1ch, roboty, ktor\u00e9 sk\u00fa\u0161ala katedra robotiky na chodn\u00edkoch…
\nPl\u00e1vanie je ako p\u00edsanie – najosamelej\u0161ia vec na svete. Raz so svokrom urobila rozhovor do \u010dasopisu a on mu dal n\u00e1zov Doska stola brav\u00farne napusten\u00fd baz\u00e9n. \u010casto mala v baz\u00e9ne podobn\u00fd pocit osamelosti ako pri p\u00edsan\u00ed. A zav\u0161e jej napadali cel\u00e9 vety, ver\u0161e, b\u00e1sne, pri\u010dom zab\u00fadala po\u010d\u00edta\u0165 d\u013a\u017eky, to\u0165 bola sobota, kon\u010d\u00ed febru\u00e1r a bude marec, pr\u00edde jar, v kampuse u\u017e kl\u00ed\u010di, videla kvitn\u00fa\u0165 tavol\u00edny, st\u00e1le \u010dosi po\u010d\u00edta – povinnosti, 16, dni, po\u010d\u00edta ro\u010dn\u00e9 obdobia, ke\u010f pl\u00e1va d\u013a\u017eky v baz\u00e9ne, p\u00e1tri\u010dky na ru\u017eenci, vt\u00e1ky na strome, \u013eud\u00ed na zast\u00e1vkach, povinnosti, radosti, mince po va\u010dkoch, d\u013a\u017eky v baz\u00e9ne, p\u00e1tri\u010dky, po\u010det n\u00e1v\u0161tevn\u00edkov kni\u017enice, po\u010det besied, ktor\u00e9 boli, po\u010det t\u00fdch, \u010do bud\u00fa, riadky a slov\u00e1, p\u00edsmenk\u00e1 bez medzier a s medzerami, povinnosti a radosti, d\u013a\u017eky baz\u00e9na, po\u010det n\u00e1dychov a v\u00fddychov, ru\u017ee v z\u00e1hrade, stromy popri ceste, \u0161kolsk\u00e9 \u00falohy, gomb\u00edky \u013eu\u010fom na kab\u00e1toch, kachli\u010dky v miestnostiach, \u013eud\u00ed na besed\u00e1ch, sedadl\u00e1 v kine, dni do v\u00edkendu, do konca t\u00fd\u017ed\u0148a, schody, kroky, hodiny do obeda, nakr\u00e1jan\u00e9 kol\u00e1\u010de na plechu, k\u00fasky m\u00e4sa, fa\u0161\u00edrky, mrkvy do polievky, knedle, raj\u010diny, uhorky, drobn\u00e9, \u00fa\u010dty, 29, n\u00e1kupy, povinnosti, svet zo\u0161raubovan\u00fd z \u201emus\u00edm\u201c, ob\u010das d\u00e1ke \u201echcem\u201c a niekedy aj \u201em\u00f4\u017eem\u201c, r\u00e1no p\u00edsala, zajtra a pozajtra doma uprata\u0165, v stredu porada, vo \u0161tvrtok beseda, v piatok n\u00e1v\u0161teva, v sobotu tie\u017e, v nede\u013eu nede\u013ea, v pondelok beseda, v utorok beseda, v stredu beseda, marec, mesiac knihy, 42, niekedy sa pri pl\u00e1van\u00ed modlieva, vyst\u00fapil na nebesia, sed\u00ed po pravici Boha…, 48?, m\u00e1 rada v\u00f4\u0148u chl\u00f3ru, tyrkysov\u00fa farbu, dotyk vody, sprchu, k\u00fape\u013e, mas\u00e1\u017e uter\u00e1kom, hmlu v saune, svet plav\u00e1rn\u00ed, hlbok\u00fa chladn\u00fa vodu v plaveck\u00fdch baz\u00e9noch, ich dr\u00e1hy, ale aj jemn\u00e9 zavadenia kon\u010datinami, \u0161pi\u010dkou chodidla o in\u00fdch plavcov, \u0161portov\u00e9 kluby na tr\u00e9ningoch, plaveck\u00e9 okuliare, slovn\u00e9 spojenie pl\u00e1vanie pre verejnos\u0165, priestory \u0161atn\u00ed, sp\u0155ch a recepcie, wellness centr\u00e1, skrinky a turnikety, perfektne je na plav\u00e1rni, raz by o tom mala nap\u00edsa\u0165, o americk\u00fdch Arabk\u00e1ch, ktor\u00e9 sa s \u0148ou v Pittsburghu k\u00fapavali v \u010diernych \u010d\u00e1doroch a pod sprchou v \u0161atni sa navz\u00e1jom \u0161pliechali, o star\u00fdch \u017een\u00e1ch s vyblednut\u00fdmi tetovaniami, alebo kr\u00e1snymi a hlbok\u00fdmi vr\u00e1skami, ktor\u00e9 pripom\u00ednali kon\u00e1re, o japonsk\u00fdch ost\u00fdchav\u00fdch profesork\u00e1ch, o nehanbliv\u00fdch americk\u00fdch diev\u010dat\u00e1ch, n\u00e1dhern\u00fdch \u00c1zij\u010dank\u00e1ch s ko\u017eou ako z porcel\u00e1nu, \u010derno\u0161k\u00e1ch, ktor\u00e9 maj\u00fa hlbok\u00e9 hlasy a v sprche sa nahlas smej\u00fa, ko\u017ea sa im leskne ako pstruhom, Franc\u00fazkach, \u010do zab\u00fadaj\u00fa pod sprchou \u0161amp\u00f3ny a na lavi\u010dk\u00e1ch uter\u00e1ky, \u017een\u00e1ch na materskej, \u010do si ukazuj\u00fa int\u00edmnosti, o v\u00f4\u0148ach, ktor\u00e9 rozp\u00edja para, jemn\u00fdch, vodnat\u00fdch, pr\u00edrodn\u00fdch oz\u00f3nov\u00fdch v\u00f4\u0148ach zabalen\u00fdch v \u010derstvo opratom frot\u00e9 uter\u00e1ku… Vo vzduchu okolo nej akoby sa st\u00e1le vzn\u00e1\u0161ala \u010derstv\u00e1 spomienka na baz\u00e9nov\u00fa vodu na poko\u017eke, spomienka na baz\u00e9n, ko\u017ea je po tom, \u010do ste si zapl\u00e1vali, ve\u013emi svie\u017ea, a\u017e sladk\u00e1, nech\u00fdba jej more, sta\u010d\u00ed baz\u00e9n, v\u00f4\u0148a chl\u00f3ru, mokr\u00e9 vlasy, studen\u00e1 miner\u00e1lka, ktor\u00fa vypije z f\u013ea\u0161e na ulici, plavky na radi\u00e1tore, ka\u017ed\u00fa sobotu so synom sauna, \u010fal\u0161\u00ed perfektn\u00fd de\u0148, niekedy joga, ryba, zaber, dopije miner\u00e1lku, proste perfektn\u00fd de\u0148, dopije miner\u00e1lku v parku a potom nesk\u00f4r, zav\u0161e a\u017e ke\u010f sa zotmie, ide domov. V Grenobli e\u0161te predt\u00fdm nak\u0155mila zvierat\u00e1 v parku, na Slovensku sa mus\u00ed vr\u00e1ti\u0165 do pr\u00e1ce a k\u00fdm po\u017ei\u010diava kni\u017eky, akoby mala pred \u013eu\u010fmi tajomstvo, ve\u010der si pozrie franc\u00fazsky film kv\u00f4li jazyku alebo japonsk\u00fd kv\u00f4li kr\u00e1se, prosto perfektn\u00fd de\u0148, pr\u00edde v\u00edkend, zrazu si mysl\u00ed, \u017ee je niekto in\u00fd, niekto dobr\u00fd…
\nPl\u00e1vala ka\u017ed\u00fd de\u0148 dva kilometre. V Kremse v nerezovom baz\u00e9ne sa v\u017edy te\u0161ila na slan\u00fa hor\u00facu fritaten polievku, na Carnegie na citr\u00f3nov\u00fa coca colu, v pezinskej plav\u00e1rni m\u00e1vala v skrinke miner\u00e1lku z d\u00e9emky, v Chemnitzi u\u010dila pl\u00e1va\u0165 syna, v Kremse dc\u00e9ru, v Grenobli sa chodievala k\u00fapa\u0165 s de\u0165mi, p\u00e1\u010dilo sa jej, ke\u010f syn \u0161of\u00e9roval a v rozp\u00e1lenom aute vo\u0148ala chl\u00f3rov\u00e1 voda a studen\u00e1 orangina, naj\u010dastej\u0161ie v\u0161ak pl\u00e1vala v Pezinku, hne\u010f r\u00e1no, predt\u00fdm, ako \u0161la do pr\u00e1ce, inokedy cez obedn\u00fa prest\u00e1vku alebo popoludn\u00ed. Niekedy cez obed bola vo ve\u013ekom baz\u00e9ne sama. Chcelo sa jej kri\u010da\u0165 od radosti, pon\u00e1rala sa a vyn\u00e1rala, ke\u010f ju nevidel plav\u010d\u00edk poskakovala, zab\u00fadala na to, ko\u013eko m\u00e1 rokov, c\u00edtila \u010dosi ako rozko\u0161 z textu, z l\u00e1sky, z vody, poznala takmer v\u0161etk\u00fdch, nie po mene, vedela kto ako pl\u00e1va, ktor\u00fa dr\u00e1hu m\u00e1 najrad\u0161ej, s niektor\u00fdmi sa zdravili len o\u010dami, s in\u00fdmi sa na seba usmievali, s franti\u0161k\u00e1nskym k\u0148azom v\u017edy chv\u00ed\u013eu v baz\u00e9ne debatovali, prosto perfektn\u00fd de\u0148, zrazu si mysl\u00ed, \u017ee je niekto in\u00fd, niekto dobr\u00fd…
\nKa\u017ed\u00fa sobotu chodievala so synom do sauny, tich\u00e1 f\u00ednska such\u00e1 a prevo\u0148an\u00e1 korenistou borovicovou v\u00f4\u0148ou, so\u013en\u00e1 a bylinkov\u00e1 s hor\u00facim slan\u00fdm dychom s bylinkov\u00fdmi esenciami, ak\u00fd hrejiv\u00fd dych, akoby mal priazniv\u00fd vplyv aj na tr\u00e1penia, eukalyptus, palina, tymian, rozmar\u00edn, levandu\u013ea alebo \u0161alvia.<\/p>\n
Raz podve\u010der letela do Marseille. Vonku sa medzit\u00fdm zotmelo. St\u00e1la v uli\u010dke, zhov\u00e1rala sa s letu\u0161kou a pozerala von z okna. Pod nimi bolo Monako. Uk\u00e1zal jej to jeden mal\u00fd chlapec na mape. Tma a dolu sem-tam svetlami pre\u017eiaren\u00e1 zem, ako \u017eilka d\u00e1keho vz\u00e1cneho \u017eiariv\u00e9ho kovu. O chv\u00ed\u013eu prist\u00e1vanie. More a okolo v dia\u013eke sliep\u0148ali svetielka. Do toho najv\u00e4\u010d\u0161ieho z nich klesali… Kni\u017eni\u010dn\u00fd kotol e\u0161te k\u00fari. Napl\u00e1novali s kolegy\u0148ami podujatia na marec aj na T\u00fd\u017ede\u0148 slovensk\u00fdch kni\u017en\u00edc, bud\u00fa robi\u0165 Noc s Andersenom. Ozaj, h\u013eadali v kni\u017ek\u00e1ch bitku pri Moh\u00e1\u010di, nie\u010do o Gutenbergovi aj B\u00e1se\u0148 o neposlu\u0161n\u00fdch kozliatkach. A vystavili kni\u017eky Kristy Bendovej. Tavol\u00edn sa zatvoril, \u010dak\u00e1 na trochu slnka… Znovu za\u010dala pl\u00e1va\u0165. Perfektn\u00e9 dni. Znovu si mysl\u00ed, \u017ee je niekto in\u00fd, niekto dobr\u00fd… Cel\u00e9 dni e\u0161te svietia. Aby sa t\u00ed, \u010do cestuj\u00fa lietadlami, pote\u0161ili. V\u0161ade, kde s\u00fa \u013eudia, sa vinie tak\u00e1 radostn\u00e1 svietiaca \u017eilka… Prajem aj v\u00e1m d\u00e1ke perfektn\u00e9 jarn\u00e9 dni. Va\u0161a Veve.<\/p>\n
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Pl\u00e1va\u0165 za\u010dala v\u00a0Pittsburghu. Mu\u017e predn\u00e1\u0161al na Carnegie, k\u00fdm ona si ka\u017ed\u00e9 dopoludnie navliekala na ruku farebn\u00fd papierov\u00fd pr\u00fa\u017eok. Ka\u017ed\u00fd de\u0148 inej farby, aby plavci ne\u0161vind\u013eovali. (Ist\u00fd \u010das mala chu\u0165 si ich odklada\u0165, ale na\u010do a komu? Zav\u0161e si ich nechala na ruke nieko\u013eko, potom pri\u0161iel za \u0148ou plav\u010d\u00edk a diskr\u00e9tne ju poprosil tie nespr\u00e1vne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fejton","category-marec-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12207,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12206\/revisions\/12207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miaumagazin.sk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}