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信仰の象徴は、ふつう陸の上で目にするもの。けれど薩摩川内の海に立つこの鳥居は、人々の祈りが岸で終わらないことを教えてくれます。長時間露光でも、荒れ狂う波は静まらず、まるで信仰そのものに挑むかのように岩を打ち続けた。けれど空の雲は、なめらかに静まっていた。信仰が宿る場所だからかもしれません。
We usually see symbols of faith on land. But this torii, standing on a rock in the sea off Satsuma Sendai, shows that people's prayers do not end at the shore. Even a long exposure could not calm the violent waves crashing against the rock, as if they were trying to strike faith itself. Yet above, the clouds were smoothed into stillness. Perhaps because that is where faith lives
信仰の象徴は、ふつう陸の上で目にするもの。けれど薩摩川内の海に立つこの鳥居は、人々の祈りが岸で終わらないことを教えてくれます。長時間露光でも、荒れ狂う波は静まらず、まるで信仰そのものに挑むかのように岩を打ち続けた。けれど空の雲は、なめらかに静まっていた。信仰が宿る場所だからかもしれません。
We usually see symbols of faith on land. But this torii, standing on a rock in the sea off Satsuma Sendai, shows that people's prayers do not end at the shore. Even a long exposure could not calm the violent waves crashing against the rock, as if they were trying to strike faith itself. Yet above, the clouds were smoothed into stillness. Perhaps because that is where faith lives