Saturday, April 3, 2021

4月2日(金曜日)2021

 月が新しくなり日差しも穏やかな中、久々の散歩に出ました。多賀大社の満開の桜は華やかに、しかしながら静かに枝いっぱいに広がっていました。この美しさに人々は感嘆し過去も現在も和歌に絵画に写真にと様々な形で残そうとしてきたんだなと、どれもできない私はただ息を飲んで眺めるばかりでした。

 参拝の後、森を抜けて田んぼの中を進むと風も日差しもすっかり春。きまぐれ市の帰り、自販機で買った甘夏?を途中のどこかで食べようと場所を見つけて腰をおろしました。山桜が点在する景色を目の前に、モンシロチョウがひらひらとやってきては菜の花に止まるでもなくまたどこかへ行ってしまう。「自然は人間を謙虚にさせる」今年3月1日に107歳で亡くなった美術家の篠田桃紅さんの言葉を反芻しながら、桃紅さんの哲学と明晰な頭脳と芸術性に魅かれてぼんやりと長い時間を過ごしました。

    Turning to the new calendar of the month,on a calm bright day, I went for a walk after a long time. Cherry blossoms in Taga Taisha are fully opening, and all branches with flowers are stretching out quietly. People both past and present had been amazed by this beauty and tried to express this in poems, paintings and photos. I, who is not able to do either of these, am simply appreciating to look at this view.

    After worship at the shrine and walking through woods, I kept walking the path in the rice field. I felt so good in the mild wind and bright sunshine. On the way back from Kimagure Market (local unmanned vegetable stand), I found a spot to sit to eat local summer oranges which I had just bought at the vending machine of the market. It was a nice view in which I could see mountain cherry blossom scattered in the mountains. A couple of small cabbage white butterflies came and flew away. "Nature makes humans humble". Tohkoh Shinoda who was an artist and passed away March 1st this year at the age of 107, left these words . Admiring and thinking of her philosophy, clear-thinking and artistry, I stayed there for about an hour.