John Carroll Kirby - “ Conflict “

ちょっと前に頭痛が酷すぎた日があったんだけど、これを繰り返し聴いてたら不思議と治った。

もしかしたら気候や気圧の変化や天体の配置の影響とか違う要素かもしれないし、この作品が直接作用したのか本当のところはわからないけれど、頭痛が治っただけでなく、心もとても落ち着いた。

後日この作品のことを調べてみたら、製作者のJohn Carroll Kirby さんは、この作品について以下のように語っていた。

「これを制作中は愛する人と長期間争っている真っ最中で、議論の結果が自分の望んでいるものにならなそうだなと感じて、日常で意見の相違が起きたときにも善悪や勝ち負けを決めるのではなく、平和的に解決できる別の道を探してみようという思いを込めて制作した。」

これを見て、なるほど〜、だからか！と思った。

製作者の意図、音でこちらにばっちり伝わってる。まさにそんな感じ、これかかってたら、その空間は争いごとが起きなそうだもの。

「日常で意見の相違が起きたときにも善悪や勝ち負けを決めるのではなく、平和的に解決できる別の道を探してみる」って、自分も大事にしてて、だからとても共感した。

とはいえ、日常生活でいつどんな時もそれを自分もできてるってわけではない。

そして、どんなに近い家族や友人や恋人でも、それぞれが違う個だから完全に理解することは恐らく不可能だと思ってる。

だけどそれでも、理解しようと寄り添い合うことはできると思う。みんなそれぞれ生まれ育ってきた背景や道が違うから、とても難しいことだけど、アプローチし続けることが大事かなって思ってる。だから、自分のやってるサステナブルヨガ®︎にもこの要素を組み込んでる。

これを音で表現してるの、すごいなって心から思う。
たまたま出会ったけど、素晴らしい作品。

A few days ago, I had a very bad headache. However, when I listened to this LP repeatedly, it was mysteriously healed.

Perhaps it is a different factor from the influence of climate and atmospheric pressure changes and the arrangement of celestial bodies, and I do not really know if this work worked directly. However, not only did my headache heal, but my heart was also very calm.

Later, when I looked into this work, the creator John Carroll Kirby said about this work as follows.

“Conflict was an album I made during a years long dispute with a loved one. My desired outcome of the argument was that the other person would admit they’re wrong, but upon seeing that wasn’t going to happen, I tried to find a way to exist peacefully in the disagreement. The songs on Conflict try to find the space between right and wrong, winning and losing, etc.”

When I saw this, I thought, I see, that's why! I thought. The producer's intentions are clearly conveyed to us through the sound. That's exactly how I feel. If you listen to this, there seems to be no conflict in the space.

I really sympathize with it because I also cherish "I will try to find another way to solve peacefully, instead of deciding good and evil and winning or losing even when disagreements occur in my daily life."

But that doesn't mean that I can do that in my daily life at all times.

No matter how close my family, friends or lovers are, I think it's probably impossible to fully understand them because they are different individuals.

However, I believe that we can still try to understand each other. It's very difficult because we all come from different backgrounds and have different paths, but I think it's important to keep approaching them. That's why I incorporate this element into the Sustainable Yoga that I do.

I really think it's amazing that he express this through sound. I came across it by chance, but it's a wonderful piece .