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Glass object by c_a_c_o_o_s.
The music used for the slides was
Stan Magendanz
Piano Explorations [43]
SoundCloud
With a glass object purchased at a small exhibition at the end of March.
The exhibition was rained on and it was the last day of the exhibition when I peeked in. Because of the system of taking home the purchased works, I did not see any of the objects I had seen on Instagram. There was nothing in particular that I wanted to see. Nevertheless, there were two pieces with motifs of a baobab and the Prince of the Stars, and while I was wondering which one to buy, my eye was caught by an object of a small house. On top of the glass house, there were two options: a star or a gibbous moon. Normally, I would have chosen the moon, but I decided on the star. The stars seemed to be nestled in the small house.
Sometimes I am in the morning bath and am surprised by the sound of a car door closing.
It is probably the sound of the car across the street opening and closing. It might be the rear door of a hatchback. It feels like a noise so close by that it is hard to believe it is a sound from outside the door.
Immediately after my wife died, every time I heard the car door open and close, the cat went to the indoor door near the front door. Mum had come home! that was the feeling. But as the months went by, the sound of the door changed to the point where the cat would only turn its ears when it heard the door. Perhaps it was because the car had been decommissioned and the cat looked out of the window to see that it was no longer there.
In the house, where there is no talking, there is me and the cat,
While the cat sleeps, I look at the dolls.
三月末、小さな展示会で購入したガラスのオブジェと共に。
雨に祟られ、展示会を覗いたのは会期終了日。購入作品は持ち帰りというシステムであるため、インスタグラムで目にしたものは見当たらなかった。特に何か目当てがあったわけではない。それでも、バオバブと星の王子さまのモチーフの作品が二つあり、どちらかを買おうか迷う内に、小さな家のオブジェに目が留まった。ガラスの家の上にあるのが、星か弦月の二とおり。普通なら、月を選ぶのだが、星の方にした。小さな家に、星が寄り添っているように見えた。
朝風呂に入っていて、車のドアが閉まる音に驚くことがある。
向かいの家の車の開け閉めの音なのだろう。ハッチバックの後部ドアなのかもしれない。戸外の音とは思えないくらい、すぐ側での物音に感じられる。
妻が亡くなった直後は、車のドアの開け閉めの音がする度に、猫は玄関近くの室内ドアへ向かった。おかあさんが帰ってきた！という感じだった。しかし、月日が過ぎていく内に、ドアの音がしても、耳を向ける程度に変わった。車は廃車になり、猫が見ている窓から見下ろしても、車がそこにないことを知ったからだろうか。
話声のない家の中には私と猫がいて、
猫が寝ている間に、私は人形を眺めている。
