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Viewpoint

by Celer

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In the summer we met at the halfway point station between our homes, somewhere still new to me. I had to check the route as I was still unfamiliar with the city, but finding undiscovered experiences inside each place. Through the shop-lined streets and the smoke from bars, we found a small shrine atop a tiny hill surrounded by trees. A highway was wrapped around the bottom of one side, and a steel bridge for the bullet trains reaching over the treetops on the other. A few people were visiting the shrine, but they soon disappeared, letting the silence enter the sanctuary with the soft afternoon breeze. Making our way down the hill beside the bridge, down the river-long stone steps leading to the water's edge, people ran in the summer air, their voices echoing throughout and across the riverbanks. We finally settled on a spot on the stone stairway, with riverside bushes to our backs, the bridge to our left, and the sunset to the west over and down the river. We brought out our picnic dinner, the plastic containers I had bought just the day before, and picnicked on the shores of the river. Under the orange sunset, cameras on the ground, this memory remaining for that place too, not just us. It stays there in the wind, in the green of the trees, and the swirls of the river, just as it does in our hearts and minds. These places may seem ordinary, but with them we share all experiences.


我々はある夏の日、それぞれの家の中間地点の駅で会った。それは、私にとってはなじみの無い場所だった。私はまだこの街に慣れていなかったので、道順を調べなければならなかったが、それはそれぞれの場所の中にある、未知の体験を見つけることでもあった。店が立ち並ぶストリートや、煙の立ちこめるバーを通り過ぎながら、我々は丘の上に立つ、木々に囲まれた小さな神社を見つけた。片側の下のほうは高速道路で囲まれ、反対側には新幹線が走る鉄橋が木の梢の上に見えた。その神社には何人かの人がいたが、すぐにどこかえ行ってしまった。そして、午後のやわらかな風とともに、その聖域に静かな静寂がやってきた。丘を降りて橋のそばを歩いていくと、川沿いに続く堤防の石段では、水際で夏の空気の中へと駆け込む人々の声が堤防全体に響き渡っていた。我々はやっとのことで、石の階段のところに落ち着ける場所を見つけた。背後には草むらがあって、左手には橋が、向こう岸には、川下へと沈んでいく西日が見えた。我々は準備してきたピクニック・ディナー ー私が前日に買ったばかりのプラスチックの入れ物に入ったものー を取り出して、川岸でピクニックをした。オレンジ色の夕日の下、地面に置かれたカメラ。この記憶は我々だけのためでではなく、あの場所のためにもまた、遺される。風の中に、木々の緑の中に、川の渦の中にとどまる。我々の心の中にとどまるのと同じように。このような場所はありふれたものに見えるかもしれない、でも、我々はこれらの場所によってすべての経験を分かち合う。

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released March 20, 2013

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Celer Tokyo, Japan

Celer is Will Long, an American artist.

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