Langeland tree

Langeland tree

ビーチ‹約250年›,  　beech ‹About250 years old ›
2024

初めは一本の線だった
それが長くのび、広がり、太り、木は大きくなった
眼の前に広がる根は２５０年の年月を支えてきた痕跡。そのほんの一部

在りし日の木の姿を想う
この根が支えてきた太く立派な幹. 枝は空を覆い、
そこから漏れる木漏れ日はとても気持ちよかっただろう
枝葉がかぶさり　 木に覆われ　 森に包まれる

２５０年、穏やかな木漏れ日を作った木は、病にかかり、呼吸をとめた
今、再び土に還ろうとしている木を、ひととき借り受ける
掘り出した根は、２５０年の蓄積のほんの上澄み、
そこからのびる根はどれほど長く、豊かに伸びているのだろうか

根をみて　 木を知り　 思いを馳せ　 流れてきた時間を感じる

振り返ってみた先のオークの老木にも、同じように長い痕跡が残っているだろう
それは、この森中の枝の下にも等しく広がり、みきることのできない地下の世界を作り上げている
木々にふれるように地下の世界を感じられるなら
枝の下に広がる根を感じ、より一層森に溶け込んでいく

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At first, just a single line.
It stretched longer, spread out, grew fatter and the tree became bigger.
The roots spread out before this eye are the traces of 250 years of support. A small part of it

Think of when the branch was here.
The roots support a great trunk, the branches cover the sky, the sunlight leaking through must have been very pleasant, and at the moment when the branches and leaves are covered and wrapped by the trees,
The moment the branches and leaves were covered and wrapped by the trees, it would have been as if I were in the forest too.

For 250 years, the tree that created the gentle sunlight through the trees,
It became ill and stopped breathing.
Now it is about to return to the earth again, and I’m borrowing it for a moment.
The roots I dug out were just the top layer of 250 years of accumulation, and I wonder how long and rich the roots have grown from there.

Looking at the roots, getting to know the tree, thinking about it, feeling the time that has passed.

The old oak tree looking back would have left a similarly long trail.
It extends equally beneath the branches all over the forest, creating a subterranean world that cannot be seen.

If you can feel the underground world as you touch the trees
you feel the roots spreading out beneath the branches, and you become more integrated into the forest.

TICKON Tranekaer International Centre for Art and Nature
(TICKON トラネカール国際芸術自然センター　）

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