留め石 “〈tome-ishi〉boundary”

縄に結ばれた石は、意思を静かに留める。あちら側とこちら側。新たな境界線を生むためではなく、境界線に立つ自身に向き合うために。妊娠していた時の境界のあいまいな呼気を透明な留め石に封じた。

A rock tied with rope subtly indicates someone’s wishes Over there and over here: not to create a new boundary line, but to engage with the self standing on a boundary line. My exhalation of an ambiguous boundary during pregnancy was sealed in a clear “stop-stone.”