【江戸の街・治水された河辺で鳥と会話】

　３日間のAIイベント参加での情報交流ビジネスが無事に終わって、昨日は夕刻に札幌まで帰還しました。「作家と住空間」の出版関連の動きなどもありつつ、その他の案件も同時進行で各種、連絡が密になって来ているので時間にゆとりがない。なのですが、一方で高齢者でもあるのでそういった「付き合い」もある。笑顔でニコニコ対応（笑）。
　そんななかどうも最近、朝の散歩機会などで少しでも触れられる「自然」との語らいにゾッコン気味。写真は忙中閑のそのいっとき、河辺で見かけたハト。
　わたしの散歩進行方向に沿って、まるで「おい、どうした元気か？」みたいな動きを見せてわたしの横に現れ出たのです。その動作ぶりがコミュニケーション的だったので、ついカメラを向けた。そうしたら１枚目の写真のように、「おい、オマエ、個人情報を勝手に撮影するな」とでも言いたそうな視線でこちらを見返しているように思えた。
　で、ちょっとひと呼吸があってやにわに飛び立った。その様子がカメラに収まってくれた。へえ〜、鳥の飛翔って、こんなアクションなんだと面白い体動感を見せてくれる。
　そして、これも歩行方向の樹木のなかに収まってしまった。木の葉の緑に隠れて「これでもう、オレに関わるのはやめろ」とでも言いたいような姿勢。でもちょっと、わたしの視線は意識しているに違いないと思われる「表情」が伝わってくる。
　まぁ間違いなくかれらのテリトリーである河辺の空間に人間も「遊歩道」を作って、共存している空間でありますから、かれの行動エリアと旅人であるわたしの進行方向がデュエットせざるを得ないということでしょう。そういう意味では「よそ者」に対しての現地住民的視線なのでしょうね。
　で、この「すれ違い・出会い」についてはわたしも多少の袖の「ひかれ」はありましたが、そのあとの予定に向かって立ち去ろうとしたのですが、気配としてはこのハトの方では「なんだよ、もう帰るのかよ」もしくは「もう来なくても良いからな（笑）」みたいな反応が感じられた。
　こういう「感じ」はまったくのわたしの側の妄想でしょうが、なんとなくイキモノ同士「対話」できたみたいな感じもあって、１日のスタートとしては好印象。
　ありがとな、でありました。


English version ⬇

Talking with birds along the flood-controlled riverside in Edo.
The many riverside streams that are traces of the planned flood control of the metropolis. A moment of dialogue between birds and humans in this artificial nature. ...

　After successfully completing the three-day information exchange business of participating in AI events, I returned to Sapporo yesterday evening. I have been working on the publication of ‘Writers and Living Spaces’ and other projects at the same time, and have been in close contact with various people, so I don't have much time to spare. I am also an elderly person, so I also have to ‘socialise’ with other people. I respond with a smile and a smiling face (laughs).
　Recently, I have been fascinated by the chance to talk with nature, even if it is only for a short while, when I go for a morning walk. The photograph shows a pigeon I saw on the riverside during one of my busy times.
　It was moving along in the direction in which I was walking, as if to say, ‘Hey, what's going on? The pigeon appeared beside me in the direction in which I was walking. The way it was behaving was so communicative that I just had to turn my camera on it. Then, as in the first photo, he seemed to be looking back at me with a gaze as if to say, ‘Hey, you, don't film personal information without permission’.
　Then, after a short pause, it suddenly took off. The scene was caught on camera. The bird's flight gives us an interesting sense of the action of the bird's body movement.
　This was also caught in the trees in the direction of the bird's flight. It was hidden behind the green foliage, as if to say, ‘Now you're not going to get involved with me any more’. But I can feel their expression, as if they must be aware of my gaze.
　Well, it is definitely their territory, a riverside space where humans have built a ‘promenade’ and coexist, so his area of activity and my direction of travel must be a duet. In that sense, I suppose it is a local resident's perspective on the ‘stranger’.
　So, as for this ‘passing/encounter’, I too had a bit of a ‘tug’ on my sleeve, but I was about to leave for my subsequent plans, but as a sign, I felt a reaction on the part of this pigeon, something like ‘What, you're leaving already?’ or ‘You don't have to come back (laughs)’.
　This kind of ‘feeling’ is totally delusional on my part, but it felt like we were able to have a ‘dialogue’ with the pigeons, which was a good start to the day.
　Thank you very much.