What is the saying drowning in a glass of water?

In 2009, the Williams College Museum of Art commissioned artist Pepón Osorio (b. Santurce, Puerto Rico, 1955) to create a work of art, using the themes of food, community, and culture as a starting point. Osorio, whose artistic practice involves a process of social engagement, spent the previous year sharing conversations, stories, and meals with many people in both Williamstown and North Adams.

1. The resulting artwork represents the stories of two families, transforming personal memory into a collective narrative.
2. This major installation includes an 18-foot revolving platform divided by a central wall, filled with objects and video elements.
3. As the platform slowly revolves, the artist’s interpretation of two lives is revealed to the viewer.

One side presents a home’s interior, featuring a life-sized mannequin wearing an elaborate dress crocheted by individuals from the region and the artist’s home city of Philadelphia. The other side presents an exterior view from a home in the Berkshires.

The work explores the dynamics involved in nourishing an individual, a family, and a community. The title comes from a common expression that conveys how sometimes in life we face challenges that seem so large we feel like we are “drowning in a glass of water.” Osorio’s installation has grown from the dialogues and time he has spent with two families but ultimately reflects the story of the artist as well.

Rather than visually depicting food or using food as a medium, the artist chose to elaborate on the theme of nourishment in the context of our lives and to examine how we handle life’s challenges. Osorio’s newly commissioned artwork considers the intersection of food, community, history, class, and culture in the daily lives of the people of Western Massachusetts.

Story of the Project In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Gastronomica, the journal of food and culture, WCMA collaborated with Darra Goldstein, a Williams professor and Editor-in-Chief of Gastronomica, to organize a major symposium exploring food, culture, and community and to commission artist Pepón Osorio to create a work of art with these themes as a starting point.

Goldstein and Corrin identified Osorio because of the unique, community-based way in which the artist works to generate his art. Rooted in his early experiences in social work in the Bronx, Osorio’s unique way of working involves extended dialogues with various community members that, in turn, inspire his visual art.

Osorio began by visiting a number of local farms, meeting with museum and college staff, and then working with students and community organizations to understand the fabric of our region—the economics of our towns, the relationship of our communities to each other. Osorio conducted numerous talks and workshops at Williams, including a winter study course, Art in the Community, which introduced students to his methodology and issues related to conducting community-based collaborations.

As part of the course this winter, Osorio began working closely with the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition (NBCC). The mission of the Coalition is to improve the quality of life for people in the Northern Berkshires by providing a public place for the community, building stronger neighborhoods, and promoting positive youth development.

• Through Osorio’s talks with members of the NBCC, the artist identified the first family with whom he began to collaborate.
• He then met with numerous residents of Williamstown to find another family partner.
• Extensive conversations, meals, and connections with the families form the basis of the inspiration for the artwork.

DownStreet Art WCMA is a proud partner on this project with DownStreet Art, a public art project designed to revitalize downtown North Adams. By harnessing existing arts organizations and events and transforming vacant and open spaces into arts destinations, DownStreet Art defines North Adams as a cultural haven, driving tourists and community members downtown.

1. About the artist Born in 1955 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Pepón Osorio is one of the most significant artists working in the United States today.
2. Best known for his large-scale installations, Osorio merges conceptual art and community dynamics.
3. Osorio’s work emphasizes the exhibition space as an intermediary between the social architecture of communities and the mainstream art world.

He has worked with well over 25 communities across the U.S. and internationally, creating installations based on real life experiences. For almost two decades Pepón Osorio has been presenting work in unconventional places prior to exhibiting in a museum setting, thus exploring the subjectivity of meaning in art and the multiple meanings that these installations achieve depending on their location.

1. In Badge of Honor, 1995, first presented at a Newark storefront, Osorio reveals the relationship between a jailed father and his son through the recreation of the spaces they inhabit.
2. The artist’s use of mass-produced objects coupled with his socio-anthropological savvy presents the spectator with the opportunity to engage in multiple readings of his work.

Ultimately, they speak not only to the Latino community but to society in general. Since 1990, Pepón Osorio has participated in international venues such as the 1993 Biennial Exhibition of the Whitney Museum of American Art, InSite, San Diego/Tijuana, 1994, and the Second Johannesberg and the Sixth Havana Biennials, both in 1997.

His numerous solo exhibitions include the Museo Nacional Centro de Arts Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain, 1999, the Escuela de Artes Plásticas, Puerto Rico, 2000, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2004; as well as group exhibitions including NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, which traveled to P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, NY, 2009, and Voces y Visiones, El Museo del Barrio, New York, 2010.

Osorio’s works are in public collections such as The Menil Collection, P.S.1, The Walker Center for American Art, The Wadsworth Atheneum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and The National Museum of American Art, among others.

• Osorio was awarded the CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts: Visual Arts and the prestigious John D.
• And Catherine T.
• MacArthur Fellowship in 1999, Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, 2001, The Smithsonian Legacy Award for the Visual Arts, 2008, and the Fleisher Art Memorial Founder’s Award, 2009.
• Since 2006 he has been a Professor of Art at the Tyler School of Art, Department of Art and Art Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

He is represented by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York.

What are the 6 stages of drowning?

The events that result in drowning can be divided into the following sequence: (i) struggle to keep the airway clear of the water, (ii) initial submersion and breath-holding, (iii) aspiration of water, (iv) unconsciousness, (v) cardio-respiratory arrest and (vi) death – inability to revive.

Why does drowning feel so bad?

Table 1. – Personal accounts of the tranquil perceptions associated with drowning in a range of water temperatures and immersion scenarios.

Five of the AG and three of the NAG reported seeing bright colours under the water during their incident. Five of the AG and three of the NAG felt that time slowed during their incident; this is a common observation during frightening events that may be a function of recollection rather than perception, so not relevant to those who do not survive.35 Following a period of struggle to breath hold, and pain on aspirating water, many individuals report much more tranquil perceptions ( Table 1 ).

1. The sequence of panic and pain followed by more tranquil sensations is supported by those with experience of treating and debriefing drowning victims (e.g.
2. Dr Justin Sempsrott from Lifeguard Without Borders, personal communication ) who estimate that there is 30–60 s of panic during the surface struggle, then 30–60 s underwater of panic or neutral feelings before loss of consciousness.

Others (Dr Frank Golden, personal communication ) confirm a period of terror while struggling to breath hold, then feeling a tearing, burning sensation in the chest as water enters the airway, followed by, feeling of absolute calmness and tranquillity and a terminal period of stimulation of the CNS then CNS depression and unconsciousness.

This sequence is not a new finding, nor is it limited to drowning, being reported in near-death experiences from a wide range of causes.36 In 1791, British admiral Sir Francis Beaufort recalled an event in which he drowned: ‘A calm feeling of the most perfect tranquillity succeeded the most tumultuous sensation  Nor was I in any bodily pain.

On the contrary, my sensations were now of rather a pleasurable cast’.36 Moderate hypoxia (oxyhaemoglobin saturation of the blood 60–80%) does not cause loss of consciousness but does significantly affect the functioning of the brain and the senses. Responses vary from an attitude of serene unconcern, of calm and tranquil indifference to everything, including: pain, hilarity, euphoria or a sense of power with ultimate knowledge.37 The calmness, tranquillity and hallucinations arising as part of the drowning process are most likely directly linked to brain hypoxia, alterations in neurotransmitters and consequent cognitive function.38 Different parts of the brain have different sensitivities to hypoxia, and the rate at which hypoxia develops varies depending on circumstance (see next section).

1. This, in part, explains the differences in the perceptions experienced by those drowning.
2. It is concluded that, in addition to the physical effort to keep the airway above the water, followed by the struggle to breath-hold, there is a period of pain, often described as a ‘burning sensation’ as water enters the lung.

This sensation appears independent of the type of water (sea, pool, fresh). With time, the sensations of pain and panic can give way to hallucinations and sense of tranquillity, probably associated with the onset of profound hypoxia and impending unconsciousness.

What are the symptoms of silent drowning?

What are the symptoms of dry drowning and secondary drowning? – The symptoms of dry drowning begin almost immediately after a drowning incident, while secondary drowning symptoms may start 1-24 hours after water enters the lungs. Symptoms may include coughing, vomiting, fever, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, chest pain, and lethargy.

Should you save a drowning person?

Call for emergency help. Do NOT attempt to rescue the drowning person by entering the water if you have not been trained as you will be endangering yourself. Throw a flotation device such as a rescue tube and life jacket, or extend a long pole for the drowning person to hold onto.

What is a dry drowning?

Know the Signs of ‘Dry Drowning’ and ‘Secondary Drowning’ Medically Reviewed by on February 21, 2022 You pay close attention to your kids when they’re or playing in the pool, splashing in the ocean. You make sure a lifeguard is on hand, and you never leave your little ones alone near any water – even the tub.

And that’s the right thing to do. But there’s still more you can do to keep them safe: Learn the signs of danger after they’re out of the water and what to do. Health experts define as after you get water into your airways. Sometimes that happens while swimming or bathing. But it can come from something as simple as getting water in your or getting dunked.

Although it can be fatal, it isn’t always. You can survive drowning if you get help right away. You may have heard of the terms “” and “secondary drowning.” Those aren’t actually medical terms. But they do point to rare complications that you should know about and that are more common in children.

• With so-called dry drowning, water never reaches the,
• Instead, breathing in water causes your child’s vocal cords to spasm and close up.
• That shuts off their airways, making it hard to,
• You would start to notice those signs right away – it wouldn’t happen out of the blue days later.
• Secondary drowning” is another term people use to describe another drowning complication.

It happens if water gets into the, There, it can irritate the lungs’ lining and fluid can build up, causing a condition called, You’d likely notice your child having trouble breathing right away, and it might get worse over the next 24 hours. Both events are very rare.

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Your child may also have changes in behavior such as such as irritability or a drop in energy levels, which could mean the isn’t getting enough oxygen. If your child has any breathing problems after getting out of the water, get medical help. Although in most cases the symptoms will go away on their own, it’s important to get them checked out.

The most likely course is that the symptoms are relatively mild and improve over time,” says Mark Reiter, MD, past president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Any problems that do develop are usually treatable if you get medical care right away. Your job is to keep a close eye on your child for the 24 hours after they have had any problems in the water.

If the symptoms don’t go away, or if they get worse, take your child to the emergency room, not your pediatrician’s office. “Your child will need a chest X-ray, an IV, and be admitted for observation,” says Raymond Pitetti, MD, associate medical director of the emergency department at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Always watch closely when your child is in or around water.Only allow swimming in areas that have lifeguards.Never let your child swim alone.Never leave your alone near any amount of water – even in your home.

Enroll yourself and your kids in water safety classes. There are even programs that introduce children 6 months to 3 years of age to the water. If you have a pool at your home, make sure it’s completely fenced. Teenagers are more likely to have drowning incidents that are related to drugs and, so teach your kids about the risks, says Mike Gittelman, MD, co-director of the Comprehensive Children’s Injury Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

What is the 1 10 1 rule drowning?

It takes some skill for anyone to survive a fall into cold water and knowing more about these techniques could help save your life. Wearing a life jacket drastically increases your chances of survival in cold water. It’s extremely difficult to put one on after you fall overboard, but virtually impossible in cold water.

• Plus, in the second “swim failure” stage of cold-water immersion when you lose your ability to use your extremities (e.g.
• Hands, arms, legs) you may not even be able to hold onto one.
• Surviving the first “cold shock” stage of cold-water immersion, with the help of wearing a life jacket, involves getting control of your breathing.

Anyone who has survived this experience of suddenly encountering cold water knows that feeling of the involuntary torso reflex and those first gasps of breath. To survive the first few minutes, you must stay calm and stop hyperventilating, but this can be challenging, even for strong swimmers.

There is a technique that may help prevent hyperventilation and it involves breathing out through pursed lips. It’s critical to remain calm and not panic during this first stage of cold-water immersion. I’ve heard some people say they don’t wear a life jacket because they can swim and they always stay close to the shore when they are boating.

Angie Cruz with Ayana Mathis — ‘How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel’

If you survive long enough to enter cold-water immersion’s second stage, which is referred to as swim failure or cold-water incapacitation, your ability to swim is not going to help you much. Cold-water experts estimate that you will have less than 10 minutes when you can still move your hands, arms, and legs.

However, any movement in cold water is going to deplete your body of heat 25-30 times faster than cold air. The Lifesaving Society research reports that 43% of people who drowned in cold water were 2 meters (6.6 feet) from safety (e.g. shore, boat, dock) and 66% were approximately 15 meters (49.2 feet) from safety.

Dr. Gordon Giesbriecht (a.k.a. Professor Popsicle) coined a phrase to help people understand the first three stages of cold-water immersion and the approximate time each stage takes. It’s called the 1-10-1 rule. It refers to you having one minute to control your breathing, less than 10 minutes for self-rescue, and 1 hour before you become unconscious due to hypothermia.

1. Hypothermia is when your body loses heat faster than it can produce it.
2. During this third stage of cold-water immersion, it’s best to keep as much of your body out of the water as possible.
3. For example, if there is a capsized boat, floating cooler, or anything you can climb up on it will increase your chances of survival.

If that’s not possible, there is a position, aided by wearing a life jacket, called H.E.L.P. or Heat Escape Lessening Posture that can reduce the rate of losing body heat. This position involves drawing your knees up towards your face, grasping your arms around your lower legs, and holding yourself into a floating ball.

If you’re with anyone else and everyone is wearing a life jacket, there is another position called Huddle. It involves staying upright in the water and circling your arms around the shoulders of others and holding on as close together as you can. The specific amount of time you can survive these three stages of cold-water immersion depends on the water temperature, clothing, body type, and your behavior.

This may be the one time in your life where body fat could actually help you. Wearing clothing is another key factor in surviving and cotton is not the best, but it still helps insulate your body. The best thing to wear is layers of clothes, made of wool or other water-resistant materials.

Clothing can help trap air and increase your ability to float for longer periods of time. Even shoes or boots can help insulate your feet from losing heat. There’s a misconception that people can drown from the weight of their wet clothes in the water, but wet clothes or shoes are only heavy out of the water.

It’s a simple physics concept, but unfortunately many people have to experience it themselves before they will believe this. You could do all the right things described above and still become unconscious from hypothermia. However, hypothermia can happen with or without drowning.

1. If you survived long enough to be rescued, then you are in danger of the fourth stage of cold-water immersion, called post-rescue collapse.
2. These people need immediate medical attention to be properly re-warmed because they are subject to cardiac arrest.
3. They must be handled gently.
4. If possible gently remove their wet clothes and cover them with dry blankets until medical help arrives.

The bottom line is wearing a life jacket can help you survive cold-water immersion. Hopefully, you never have to use any of these techniques, but remembering the 1-10-1 rule may help increase your chances of survival.

How common is drowning?

Every year the news is peppered with devastating stories about parents who lost children or families who lost loved ones who drowned. You never think it will happen to you, but that’s what everyone who experienced it thought, too. The truth is that most drownings are preventable, but you have to understand the facts and know how to prevent it from happening.

Here are the basic facts about drowning: General Drowning Facts No one is drown-proof, and drowning doesn’t discriminate. Drowning is fast and silent. It can happen in as little as 20-60 seconds. Drowning doesn’t always look like we would expect. No central database for drowning accidents deaths exists.

Government organizations like US Centers for Disease Control gather data on a best-efforts basis. Non-profits like the International Lifesaving Federation and research experts estimate statistics further, based on this imperfect information. Drowning incidents and fatalities are universally underreported in the US and globally.

No single standard exists for attributing drowning deaths. Hospitals, first responders and county health authorities such coroners use individual judgement and interpretation of an accident according to their own experience and the facts they have at the time of death. Worldwide Drowning Statistics There are an estimated 320,000 annual drowning deaths worldwide.

Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7 percent of all injury-related deaths. Globally, the highest drowning rates are among children 1–4 years, followed by children 5–9 years. Males are especially at risk of drowning, with twice the overall mortality rate of females.

US Drowning Statistics In the US, an average of 3,500 to 4,000 people drown per year. That is an average of 10 fatal drownings per day. Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1-4. Drowning remains in the top 5 causes of unintentional injury-related death from birth to 5 years old.

Twenty-three percent of child drownings happen during a family gathering near a pool. Drowning is the cause of death for most boating fatalities. It’s estimated that another 5 to 10 people receive hospital-related care for nonfatal drowning injuries for every fatal drowning victim.

Children younger than one-year-old are more likely to drown at home. Eighty-seven percent of drowning fatalities happen in home pools or hot tubs for children younger than 5. Most take place in pools owned by family or friends. Children 5 to 17 years old are more likely to drown in natural water, such as ponds or lakes,

Drowning Risks Vary by Race and Household Income Sixty-four percent of African-American, 45 percent of Hispanic/Latino, and 40 percent of Caucasian children have few to no swimming skills. When parents have no/low swimming skills (or competence) ability, their children are unlikely to have proficient swimming skills.

• This affects: 78 percent of African-American children 62 percent of Hispanic/Latino children 67 percent of Caucasian children African-American children ages 5 to 19 drown in swimming pools at rates 5.5 times higher than Caucasian children in the same age range.
• Seventy-nine percent of children in households with incomes less than $50,000 have few-to-no swimming skills.

Drowning Prevention Understanding how to prevent leading causes of child injury, like drowning, is a step toward keeping children safe. It’s great to enjoy time at the pool or beach, but it’s important to remember that drownings are a leading cause of injury death for young children ages one to 14.

Thankfully, adults can play a crucial role in protecting the children they love from drowning. Key Prevention Tips Life-saving skills Everyone should know the basics of swimming (floating, moving through the water) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Learn to swim Learning to swim can reduce the risk of drowning by 88 percent for 1 to four-year-olds who take formal swim lessons.

Barriers work Four-sided isolation fences, with self–closing and self–latching gates, around backyard swimming pools can help keep children away from the area when they aren’t supposed to be swimming. Pool fences should completely separate the house and play area from the pool.

Wear life jackets Make sure kids wear life jackets in and around natural water bodies, such as lakes or the ocean, even if they know how to swim. Life jackets can be used in and around pools for weaker swimmers too. Stay Vigilant Close supervision is required when kids are in or near water (including bathtubs), at all times.

Drowning happens quickly and quietly, so adults watching kids in or near water should avoid distracting activities like playing cards, reading books, talking on the phone and using alcohol or drugs. Unintentional drowning is preventable. Learn more about drowning and prevention programs,

How much water can you breathe before drowning?

Every year, more than 3,500 people in the United States die from drowning, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), It’s the fifth most common cause of accidental death in the country. Most people who die by drowning are children.

Drowning is a form of death by suffocation. Death occurs after the lungs take in water. This water intake then interferes with breathing. The lungs become heavy, and oxygen stops being delivered to the heart. Without the supply of oxygen, the body shuts down. The average person can hold their breath for around 30 seconds.

For children, the length is even shorter. A person who’s in excellent health and has training for underwater emergencies can still usually hold their breath for only 2 minutes. But the health event we know as drowning only takes a couple of seconds to occur.

1. If a person is submerged after breathing in water for 4 to 6 minutes without resuscitation, it will result in brain damage and eventually death by drowning.
2. This article will discuss safety strategies to prevent drowning.
3. It doesn’t take a lot of water to cause drowning.
4. Every year, people drown in bathtubs, shallow lakes, and even small puddles.

The amount of liquid it takes to cause a person’s lungs to shut down varies according to their:

• age
• weight
• respiratory health

Some studies indicate that a person can drown in 1 milliliter of fluid for every kilogram they weigh. So, a person weighing around 140 pounds (63.5 kg) could drown after inhaling only a quarter cup of water. A person can drown on dry land hours after inhaling water in a near-drowning incident.

• This is what’s known as secondary drowning.
• Dry drowning, which refers to drowning that takes place less than an hour after someone inhales water, can also occur.
• However, the medical community is trying to distance itself from the use of this confusing term.
• Medical emergency If you or your child has inhaled a significant amount of water in a near-drowning incident, seek emergency care as soon as possible, even if things seem fine.

Drowning happens very quickly, but it does take place in stages. The stages can take between 10 and 12 minutes before death occurs. If a child is drowning, it may happen much more quickly. Here’s a breakdown of the stages of drowning:

1. For the first several seconds after water is inhaled, the drowning person is in a state of fight-or-flight as they struggle to breathe.
2. As the airway begins to close to prevent more water from getting into the lungs, the person will start to hold their breath involuntarily. This takes place for up to 2 minutes, until they lose consciousness.
3. The person becomes unconscious. During this stage, they can still be revived through resuscitation and have a chance at a good outcome. Breathing stops and the heart slows. This can last for several minutes.
4. The body enters a state called hypoxic convulsion. This can look like a seizure. Without oxygen, the person’s body appears to turn blue and may jerk around erratically.
5. The brain, heart, and lungs reach a state beyond where they can be revived. This final stage of drowning is called cerebral hypoxia, followed by clinical death.

Drowning happens quickly, so being proactive about preventing drowning accidents is essential. Children between the ages of 5 and 14, as well as adolescents and adults over 65, are at a higher risk for drowning. Children under 5 years old face an extremely significant risk of drowning.

What country has the most drowning?

Age-standardized death rates due to unintentional drowning vary across countries from 18.5 in Guyana to 0.3 in Jamaica. Countries with the highest level of unintentional drowning mortality are: Guyana (18.5 deaths per 100,000 population) Hati (10.8)