I stepped into a light blue bathroom where the serene ocean color stirred a feeling of being immersed in water; it rushed through me like a surging tide. With my fingertips, I brushed the smoothness of one of several flat stones, all different in colors but similar in size, edging the large bathtub. I gripped the hot water metal pummel and turned it, releasing a stream of water into the ceramic sink along with my wonder. Above the sink, I caught my face reflected in the mirror ...