KEIKO KOMA net

14th Oct 2008
 

Time for the bud of life to bloom

The other day a person from Kagoshima Prefecture came to take the Idaki counseling course and he brought me traditional fish cakes that I rejoiced to cook at home and shared with Ms. Emi, Ms. Ai and Mr. Katsusaki. Its aroma and taste reminded me that I used to frequent Kagoshima and organized many concerts and the Idaki counseling courses as I understood the people of Kagoshima were renowned for their  tradition and tough spirituality to stand up in the face of crisis in Japan. I acknowledged that my previous activities in many part of Japan should have made buds of love and hope for future that were ready to bloom now. So I made up my mind to hold a lecture event of mine in Kagoshima before the end of this year and plan a Idaki Shin piano improvisational concert early next year. I also recalled that I saw paintings of ancient Koguryo for the first time at an exhibition held in Kagoshima on the 13th May, my birthday, and was enormously impressed by its universal power. Together with Mr. Idaki Shin I have decided to start organizing concerts under the theme of Koguryo and realized the first piano concert entitled Tangun, its legendary founder. Obviously something of historic impact was moved at the depth of our mind during our visits to Kagoshima that led us to realize our international concert activities nowadays, and our future where I anticipated much wider development. 
Later today, I also cooked a special dish using tomatoes sent from Aomori prefecture, the birth place of Mr. Idaki Shin from where we have been delivering agricultural products to Tokyo as a NPO project with a view to establishing a direct distribution system between producers and consumers as well as sharing cultural wealth, knowledge and wisdom related to natural food. Everything seemed to tell me that land as well as the internality of people all over Japan are now ready to bloom with flowers of love.