14 June 2012

Kitakami river

One year before I came to encounter Mr. Idaki Shin who saved my life, I went to Tohoku and visited the Kitakami river as I had wished to know the truth before I died. It was in November and outside was very cold and surrounded by chilly winds I walked along the river. However the sunbeams were very clear and the stream of water was pure with a pleasant gentle sound. I speculated about the meaning of my life. Though I could not realize it and suffered, the stream of water seemed to nurse me. The brilliantly shining surface of the river made me feel that I could live on. This represented my internality and strong will to overcome my negative destiny. Thirty years have passed since then. However, the beautiful surface of water, trees and flowers by a roadside always made me greatly moved at heart. I envisioned that my future would be wonderful. The beautiful scene I had seen thirty years ago corresponded to the townscape of today that I was walking along. Meanwhile I brought a small bag that was presented to me by the wife of Mr. Nehme in Lebanon. It was decorated with Palestine craftworks that I loved. By coincidence today Mr. Nehme sent me a message saying that this year’s May was wonderful because May was the month of my birthday. I replied to him saying that for me May was a wonderful month as his birthday was also celebrated in May. I acknowledged that though the situation in the Middle East was very difficult and even dangerous, my life was indeed connected to my Lebanese friends, Prof. Ghazi and Mr. Nehme, etc., who have collaborated for realizing my concert activities there. To my great gratitude, they ever remained as my best and authentic friends and always wrote me that my poetic expressions were their hope and encouragement to overcome any difficulties. At heart I always shared their pains and difficulties and was wishing to create a truly peaceful world by organizing concert activities in Japan that would globally diffuse our energy for peace all at once. The coming Idaki Shin concert to be held in Morioka would liberate pains and grievances so that people would be able to renew their life and create their own future by themselves. I heard that the original meaning of Mt. Gojo was a cosmic tree that would grow up towards Heaven. Like this, since the birth of Koguryo, we wished to create a marvelous future by ourselves. Now it was time to fulfill the deepest wishes of humankind for peace.