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I
wipe the
soil from my
hands and stand.
Surveying the land,
there is nothing grand
to see as yet, only the
furrows of dirt still wet
from the first drink offered to this infant garden
bed. Seeds planted and placed to form an as-yet invisible
lace that will grace this space with the blooms from nature’s loom.
In their dormant state, those seeds contain innate instructions to
germinate, infiltrate and dominate the hand of space where they
land, growing tall from the place they stand. I will walk over
this patch each day to scratch away at the earth making
sure the berth equals the worth of the seeds. In
time with my feeding they will grow to seedlings,
needing the soft thudding
of water on the soil to start budding and
coiling toward the sky. Without asking of
why they will climb high and try, even if I
left them to die. I will sit in my garden for it
to smooth the hardened edges life drives into
wedges of my soul. The way a flower takes its
place in the world and slowly unfurls pearls
of beauty curling for all to see, stops
me questioning if what I am, is
less than what
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Visitors walk through National Arboretum in the Cotswolds near Tetbury on October 26, 2011 in Westonbirt, England. (Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
日比谷公会堂について少し。ここは音響が悪い悪いと言われていて、確かに最初の頃は違和感がありました。だって、残響がないなんてもんじゃない。残響ゼロですよ。そのデッドさたるや、東京文化会館の比じゃないんです。だから、慣れるまでには少し時間がかかりました。
しかし、一度慣れてしまうと、実はこれが本当の音なのではないかという気がしてきます。サントリーホールを筆頭に近代的なホールというのはよく響くのだけれど、あまり響きすぎるというのも考えもの。その点、この日比谷公会堂の音響は、デッドであるが故に各パートの音が明瞭に聴き分けられるのです。とりわけ、弦楽セクションの分離は顕著で、各パートがどんな音を出しているのか、極めて明瞭に聴き取ることができました。
それだけに、ごまかしは一切ききません。ミスをすれば私のような素人にもわかるほど物凄く目立ってしまう。そういう意味で、演奏者にとっては非常に恐いホールだなと思いました。
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On Wednesday, Toronto media get a chance to try out the CN Tower’s new, vertigo-inducing attraction, Edgewalk. The Post’s Captain Americ-err, Steve Murray will be reporting back on an experience we have no doubt he will handle with brave, manly aplomb (and a few girlish screams). In the meantime, to hold us over until his tales from 356 metres up arrive, enjoy this primer on how Edgewalk works.
Maybe don’t sit there. Or there. A worker checks the finishing on a motorcycle made from recycled materials of spare parts from cars and bicycles at a workshop owned by Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn in Bangkok July 27, 2011. Roongrojna, 54, creates his artworks from recycled spare parts from used cars, motorcycles as well as bicycles. With four shops in Bangkok named “Ko Art Shop”, Roongrojna also exports his artworks to clients all over the world.(REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang) For more of today’s best photos
【不思議な夕焼け】
多色に広がる不思議な夕焼けだった。しばし呆然と眺めた。海面の少し上に広がる分厚い雲がプリズムのような働きをしたのだろうか？それとも頭上の半月の光がなにか作用したのか・・・いずれにせよ、はじめてみた光景だった。
約５分ほどの光のショー。カメラのシャッターを何度も押す。後でRAWの現像段階でわかったことだが、その間も刻一刻と微妙な変化を続けている。ある様相はその一瞬に限定されている。
見逃してしまうにはもったいないものが溢れているのかもしれない。ほんの僅かな面倒な気持ちが、時間経過を経て大きな差をつくりだす。無駄だと思っても、不必要だとしても、あと一歩だけ前に踏み出すようにしたい。なにか新しいものづくりも、そんなところからはじまる気がする。
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【Mysterious Sunset】
It was a mysterious polychrome sunset glow. I was stunned and watching it for a brief while. Did the thick clouds which spread a little above the sea surface work as a prism? Or did the half moon overhead function somehow? Anyway, I’ve never seen such a sunset before.
The natural light show lasted almost 5 minutes. I pressed my camera’s shutter button a number of times. During the stage of developing RAW photos, I found out that the scenery changed each and every second in a subtle way. One scenery is only limited to one moment.
It might be filled with something which is too good to miss. A little laziness makes a big difference over time. I want to take another step forward even if it looks vain or needless. I think creating something new starts like that.
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finding love..
.. can be heartbreaking
.. but it can also be magical
.. will you take a chance?
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