Sosekido

The school Sosekido (素石堂) was formed by my sensei, Unkotsu Komine (小峰雲骨) many years ago. I was 13 years old when I first met him, and it was the beginning of my long-time calligraphy path.

footprints of the leaf-Aranjuez

aranjuez may 076a

I arrived at Aranjuez. I wanted to walk the path that I was looking at from the train on my feet. One Sunday afternoon, the sun was high up in the sky, then I started walking. I didn’t see anyone, saw many rabbits running across the path in a panic but apart from that, there was no movement, no sounds. I looked up the sky, there was no cloud to give me a little shadow. Electric blue, the colour of Spanish sky. Because it was so quiet, I felt like I could here the sound of the sky.

Aranjuezに着いた。電車から見ていた道を自分の足で、ただ歩きたいと思っていた。ある日曜の午後、太陽が空高く照り付けている中、私は歩き始めた。道中誰にも会わなかった。ウサギが慌てふためきながら道を横切っているのを見たが、それ以外にはこれといって動きも、人工的な物音もしなかった。空を見上げると、私の上にちょっとした影を落としてくれそうな雲ひとつすらなかった。エレクトリックブルー、スペインの空の色。あんまり静かなので、なんだか空の音が聞こえてきそうな気がしてきた。

Written by: Juju Kurihara