Water: the state of the world where the flow is so vital that you can get in, become mixed up with it directly, and get some -all over and inside you-.

The experiential analog? Dreaming.

And this is why children and dogs hit those puddles like doors to another universe…

…and why most adults avoid them like a catastrophe.

(A word which means: the stars are falling… but for children and dogs we must add: into us).