CHAPTER 3

BETWEEN TWO LIVES - 二つの生活の間で

EPISODE 1 - JOE'S LIFE （ジョーの生活）

EPISODE 2 - I DO CHALLENGE! （やってみる！）

EPISODE 3 - EMPTINESS vs COMPOSITION （空虚と構築）

EPISODE 4 - I WANT TO SEE YOU　（会いたい）

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C-2 EPISODE 4 - ECHO BETWEEN STICKS - スティックの間の残響

Two days later “What are you doing? Can we meet? Two hours?” Akine: “Yes.” He arrived carrying a single drum. “Friend of yours?” Akine asked. “Today, let’s try it with the drum,” Joe said. Today he seemed composed, strikingly handsome. In the room, piano music played in the background. “Joe Sample,” Joe said. “Yes, the other Joe. His piano paints landscapes — a winter sea,” Akine replied. Joe sat on the “resting chair” and gently touched the rim. A simple practice. Timer set: sixty seconds on, ten seconds off. The rim’s click called out, scissors answered. Slow at first. They slipped, laughed, began again. The timing of completion — the work itself decided. 二日後ジョー「今なにしてる？会える？二時間後？」秋音「うん。」彼は太鼓をひとつ持って現れる。「友だち？」と秋音。「今日はドラムで、やってみよう」今日の彼はすっと整って、格好よく見える。部屋にはピアノミュージックのバックサウンド。「ジョー・サンプルだ」とジョー。「そう、もう一人のジョー。彼のピアノには風景がある。冬の海」と秋音。ジョーは“休憩椅子”に腰をおろし、リムをそっと鳴らす。シンプルなプラクティス。タイマーをセット。六十秒オン、十秒オフ。リムのクリックが呼び、ハサミが応える。最初はゆっくり。ずれて、笑って、もう一度。作品が仕上がるタイミングは、作品が決める。 He stepped c...

C−2 EPISODE 2 - WHAT DO YOU NEED? - 必要なもの

Shopping Together The supermarket was small, wedged between a bakery and a drugstore. Inside, the fluorescent lights buzzed, casting their pale glow across the neat rows of cans and bottles. “What do we need?” Joe asked. “Everything… so many things. Daily necessities, basic food… but it’s hard to find, and I don’t even know what’s good here.” “What’s that one?” she wondered aloud. Akine rose onto her toes, reaching for a box on the top shelf. Almost… but not quite. As she tried again, Joe’s arm brushed past hers. He reached up easily, pulled the box down, and dropped it into her basket. “Thank you,” she said, glancing up at him. Joe only shrugged, as if it were nothing. But Akine understood: what was simple for him carried real weight for her. “Is there anything you’d like, Joe? I don’t really keep much at home… so if you want something, just say.” And as the words slipped out, her heart raced. He’s coming to my place. Am I teasing him? Provoking him? “Ice cream,”...

C-2 EPISODE 3 - COLLABORATION - 二人で出来ること

It is ok, works. A few weeks have passed since the opening. Akine was invited by the writers she had met that night to visit them at their ateliers on weekdays and attend other galleries and events on weekends. Her days stayed busy, and she told herself it was fortunate: no time to dwell on Joe, or on the silence that lingered since. These three months became precious to her. Even if her plans ended as nothing more than plans, that was fine. She reasoned. Still, unease gnawed at her. I am lucky, she repeated to herself. She reminded herself that Joe did not consume her; instead, she was filled with the power of creation, which was the point. And yet she could not deny it: his unshakable presence seeped into her work. The aftertaste of a rhythm she should not be able to hear remained in her chest. Memory does not build a prison, it becomes nourishment. a guide, whispered. それはそれで良いオープニングから数週間が過ぎた。秋音はあの夜に出会った作家たちに誘われ、平日はアトリエに呼ばれ、週末は別のギャラリーやイベントへと出かけていた。忙しい日々のおか...

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