The forth story of the anthology short story series “A song from the laundry room” is titled “Ode to Autumn”.
This story started from the words of my doctor when I tried to do nothing. His words brought me to the small space at the top of a narrow tower.

Actually, I did nothing. No, I just couldn't do anything. While I did nothing, I just stayed home, had meals like a monk, and saw the doctor once a week.
'You have to go somewhere. You have to go somewhere, to get inspirations or just to travel. You can't stay at home for too long. You are the kind of person who have to keep creating something, making something to keep your mind positive,' my doctor said.

On the first Sunday of September 2019, I was in a small space at the top of a narrow tower. My breath was shallow and my heart was beating hard. I was comforting myself by listening to the sound of my camera until the lift came to pick me up.


短編アンソロジーのシリーズ「A song from the laundry room」四作目のストーリーのタイトルは「Ode to Autumn」です。
このシリーズは、家に篭り、修行僧のような食事をする以外に何もしようとしなかったぼくへのドクターの一言から始まります。

ぼくは、何もしようとしなかった。家に篭り、修行僧のような食事を摂り、週に一度ドクターに会いに行く以外は何もしようとしなかった。
「いや、しようとしなかったわけではない、できなかったのである。
「どこかへ行かれたらいかがでしょうか？どこか遠く、例えばインスピレーションを求めるとか、ただ旅行に行くとか。はっきり言いますけれど、あなたはそんなに長く家にいることができない、そんな人です。何か作り続けることでしか心を満たすことができない人です。」話を聞いてくれるだけだったドクターは、ある日突然ぼくにそう伝えた。

2019年9月の最初の日曜日、ぼくはとても狭いタワーの頂上の狭い部屋にいた。息は浅くなり、心臓は震えるほどに叩いている。
唯一、シャッターを押すことだけが、エレベーターが来るまでの間にぼくの心を落ち着かせる唯一の方法だった。



Photobook ‘Ode to Autumn’
”A song from the laundry room” #4
Ode to Autumn, 2023
18.2 x 20 cm
30 pages
11 color plates
Softcover
Edition 25 + 2 A.P
Printed in Kyoto, Japan

Numbered and signed original photograph from Ode to Autumn is available at Librairie Yvon Lambert Paris.

A song from the laundry room

“A song from the laundry room” is my latest anthology short story series which seems it doesn’t make any sense for someone else. However, I personally have it as a small treasure of my life.
The title of the series “A song from the laundry room” is named after the sentence from Brazilian author Clarice Lispector’s novel.

Story #1 A memory is something you have or something you have lost, published in Nov 2022
Story #2 The scene on the wall, published in May 2023
Story #3 The elderly couple, some boats, waiting for sun comes out, published in October 2023
Story #4 Ode to Autumn, published in October 2023
Story #5 Rites of Winter, published in November 2024