We have all become addicted to iced water in our thermoses at home. I can't go to bed any longer without it. It has thus become my habit to buy a lot of cube ice at the neighborhood store everyday.

Whenever the iced water courses into my mouth and throat and through my entire body, pleasant visuals come into my mind--visuals I later develop into stories.

It has become, to me, the equivalent of plunging into a cold lake, opening my eyes, and discovering an entirely different world down there.