In / Out by nzworkdown

身体的な不自由から私は部屋で過ごすことが多く、つい世界が狭くなりがちだ。そのため部屋や小屋など、クローズドな環境になりやすい閉所の比喩をわりと以前から使っており、そういった閉鎖空間から窓の外を眺めるような感覚が（大げさではなく）もう何年も脳裏に張り付いている。典型的な例だと牢屋の格子窓から外の青空や鳥などを眺める感じというか。

私の場合、その内と外とを繋ぐものが現在だと音楽なのかなと思う。『音楽は自由にする』という著作を坂本龍一氏は残しているけれど、本当にそうだと思うし、音楽は意識を自由にする。あえてそのことをポジティブに捉えるなら、むしろ音楽という表現手段を得たことで内に向かいながらも外にも向かえるという考え方ができるのかもしれない。

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Due to my physical disability, I spend a lot of time indoors, and my world tends to become narrow. For that reason, I have been using metaphors of closed spaces such as rooms and huts, which tend to be closed environments, for quite some time, and the feeling of looking out a window from such a closed space has been stuck in my mind for years (without exaggerating). A typical example is the feeling of looking out at the blue sky and birds outside through the bars of a prison cell.

In my case, music is what connects the inside and the outside these days. Ryuichi Sakamoto left behind a book called "Music Sets Freedom." I think that's true: Music sets the mind free. If I try to look at this positively, it may be possible to think that by gaining the means of expression of music, I can look outward while also looking inward.

1981 Born in Dallas, Texas. In 2020, I jumped into making music, motivated by a desire to give back to the goddess of music who has inspired me so much.

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