50th Wedding Anniversary...

人生のタペストリーは

誰にも誇るものでもなく

自分たちが誇れるものであれば

それは傑作になる

One's tapestry of life

No need to be exulted over to anyone

As long as it is the one that you can be proud of

It is gonna be a master piece

２月２２日。

とても大切な日だと気づいたのは２年以上も前だ。石垣島にいた。確か、その日は大好きな場所で水平線に沈む満月、スーパームーンと昇る太陽に挟まれ、神秘的な経験をしたような錯覚をした。帰り道、たまたま目にした路上の数字の羅列「２２－２」。その数字の羅列にインスピレーションが働いたのを覚えている。その数字はその後、今に至るまで、要所で指針となる数字だった。

ある日、実家を訪ねた時、自分の母子手帳を見る機会があった。以前にも何度か見たことがあったが、その日、目についたのは両親の結婚式の日だった。１９６９年２月２２日。

”出来過ぎな偶然だな・・・。

確かにそうだ。この日がなければ、今の自分は存在はしていない。命を紡ぐというのはこういうことなのかな。個の命の歴史が紡がれなければ、その先のコミュニティ、国、星、宇宙単位での集合体の歴史が紡がれていかない。タペストリーの世界観だと思う。

５０周年の両親の結婚記念日。依頼した花も無事に届けられ、前日には部屋を飾ったようだ。静かに自分たちが紡いできたタペストリーの仕上がりを楽しめばいい。誰にも誇るものでもなく、自分たちが誇れるものであれば傑作になる。

おめでとうございます。

February 22.

I happened to learn more than 2 years ago that the day Feb 22 might be a special day for me. I was in Ishigaki island, and I standing at my favorite place between the descending Full Moon and the rising Sun. It was really an awe inspiring experience.  One the way back, I noticed a sequence of numbers "22-2" on the ground, and got a sort of inspiration. Since then, the number has become a guiding number to lead my life so far. 

One day I was visiting my parent, and saw my "Mother and Child healthcare hand book by chance. In Japan, all mothers received the handbook from hospital once pregnancy is confirmed. My eyes got caught the date of my parent's wedding written in the record that day. February 22nd, 1969. 

"This coincidence is too good to be true..."

Anyway, it is true. I don't exist now without this event. It is definitely nothing but weaving a history of life. And without individual life histories, the further history as a collective body of those individuals such as a unit of communities, countries, planets and the universe. It is a view of Tapestry world. 

My parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary. A bunch of gift flowers were already delivered to them one day earlier, and I'm sure that it is decorated in their room. I hope that they are peacefully enjoying an amazing work of their tapestry weaved together today. No need to be exulted over to anyone. As long as it is the one that you can be proud of, and then it is gonna be a mater piece. 

Congratulation on you.