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the last leaf

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そろそろ冬も終わって春の気配がし始める頃、最後の1枚となった赤い葉が小枝の先にしがみついていた。小刻みに震える小枝には微かな光があたり、間も無く春の葉を広げる準備も整いつつあるというのに、真っ赤な残り葉は落ちようとはしない。光はその深紅の1枚に影を作り、春を伝える。

Just as winter was about to end and signs of spring were beginning to appear, the last red leaf was clinging to the end of a twig. A faint light shone on the trembling twig, and it was soon getting ready to unfurl its spring leaves, but the remaining bright red leaf refused to fall. The light cast a shadow on that scarlet leaf, heralding the arrival of spring.

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Lens-Artists Challenge #331: Resilience

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Everything I loved has been lost: the chestnut farm, the small woods, the birds singing. Instead, a big building for the elderly is going to be built. Obviously, it is understandable that such infrastructure needs to be prepared for an ageing society. The open question is whether a place can really withstand an ageing society when it has lost its natural environment. Nobody knows the answer.

The city where I was born and raised is about four hours away from the city where I live now. In a sense, it is on the very outer edge of Tokyo’s residential area, and is also a part that has been urbanized without exception. Since leaving the city when I was 18, I have visited there many times, and the city has really changed in the last 20 years. Interestingly, I get lost several times in the city I should know.

Even though, I’m not pessimistic. Still nature I know is here and there. I miss a lot of thing and it would be necessary process to change. Our society and nature is resilient, I believe.

Lens-Artists Challenge #331: Resilience