虫の音26.September.2024
朝夕の空気に爽秋の気配を感じるようになりました。
夕暮れにアトリエから一歩外に出ると、静まり返った山の中で鈴虫やコオロギなどの虫達の声が響き渡っています。研究者によると、西洋人は虫の音を機械音や雑音と同じように右脳「音楽脳」で処理するのに対し、日本人とポリネシア人は、「虫の声」として左脳「言語脳」で聞いているそうです。「虫の音」が美しい季節、秋を楽しみたいですね。
復興途中の能登半島を襲った大雨のニュースを見る度に逆らえきれない自然の脅威を感じ、やりきれない思いでいます。これからは少しでも被災された方のお役に立てるよう考えて参ります。
The Sound of Insects
We have begun to feel the freshness of autumn air in the mornings and evenings.
When we step out of our atelier at dusk, the quiet mountains are filled with sounds of bellbirds, crickets, and other insects. According to a researcher, Westerners process the sounds of insects in their right “musical brain” in the same way as mechanical sounds and noises. however Japanese and Polynesians hear them as “voice of insects” in their left “language brain”. We look forward to enjoying the seasons’ sounds of insects.
Whenever we see the news of devastation caused by heavy rain while the folks in Noto peninsula area, they are still trying to recover from the damages from the earthquake, we feel the threat of nature which cannot be resisted and have irresistible feeling of helplessness. We will continue to think how we can help those who have been affected by the disaster however limited they might be.
