One day at Kabukicho #DAY127 - I got a sudden call from my friend.
When I was working in evening, I received a message from my friend saying "I'm feeling down because something unpleasant happened". So I replied her that I'm gonna listen to the story then, that's why we decided to see each others at Kabukicho as usual that night.
夕方、仕事をしていたら友達から『嫌なことがあって落ち込んでる』って連絡が来た。んじゃまあ話を聞こうではないか、ということでその日の夜にいつもの歌舞伎町に行くことに。
I was a little worried before we met up, but it turned out that she was completely down. However, I don't have anything special I can do to make her better. Well, I can listen to her story at least, but that's all.
ちょっと心配しつつ落ち合ってみたら見事に落ち込んでいらっしゃった。とは言っても特に自分がなにかできるわけでもないし。まあ話を聞くことくらいはできるけど。
Well, in case of me who go everywhere by car, there's often a slight variation in arrival time, different to go somewhere by trains. So I usually take photos when I have extra time to the time I planned to see someone after I arrived. While I was waiting at the meeting place on this day, I found something I ended up to want to take a photo right there, and I was looking through the viewfinder. Then a familiar figure appeared in the frame suddenly. That was my friend. It made me laugh a bit.
さて、友達と待ち合わせている時に時間に余裕がある時はだいだいいつも写真を撮っている。特に自分の場合は移動が車だから、電車とかと違って若干到着時刻にブレがあるから。で、この日も待ち合わせしたところで待っていた時にちょうどそこで写真撮りたいなって思うのがあってファインダーを覗いていた。そしたらそのなかにいきなり見覚えのある人影が。友達だった。ちょっと笑ってしまった。
We were just chatting for a while on this day as usual, my friend seemed to get better. That was good. Lately, I often feel this way, but even when feeling down, talking about something that doesn't have any relationship to that, can make us feel better, you know.
とりあえずこの日もいつも通りただただくだらない話をしていたら友達は復活してくれた。よかった。最近すごくそう感じることが多いんだけど、落ち込んでいても誰かと全然関係ないこととか話していると結構どーでもよくなるよね。
Recently I often go through a cycle of feeling down and bouncing back a bit, and I've realized that I've realized that it's not good to keep on thinking about what I feel down about, why I feel down, for mental health. Even though I say so, sometimes I can't stop myself thinking.
自分も最近落ち込んだり復活したりを繰り返しまくっているんだけど、なんかむしろその落ち込んでいることについて延々と考えていると精神衛生的にダメだなって思うことが多くなってきた。とは言ってもちゃんと考えずにいられないこともあるんだけどね。
It's completely off-topic, but recently I've started to encounter more scenes that images of something looks like human, generated by AI, instead of using real people for visuals like signs. However, those are "Images" and definitely not "Photographs". Personally, I feel that whether it's an "image" or a "photograph" can be an important element depending on the situation.
全然話違うけど、最近こういうふうに看板とかのビジュアルに生身の人間じゃなくて生成AIで作った人間っぽい何かの画像を使っている場面をよく見かけるようになったなぁ。ただしそれは『画像』であって決して『写真』ではない。個人的にはそれが『画像』なのか『写真』なのかっていうのは場面によっては重要な要素だって感じていたりもする。
I used to cover my Mac with stickers like this scooter, but lately I don't do that anymore.
昔は Mac にこのキックボードみたいな感じにステッカー貼りまくってたけど、最近はそんなこともしなくなったなぁ。
I guess I really like taking photos around here. Just by standing, I can encounter various landscapes.
なーんかこの辺で撮ってるのがやっぱり好きなのかもなぁ。立ってるだけでいろんな景色に出会える。
The last photo of the day. I don't know why, but I really ended up to want to take a photo of this view from the parking lot that I always see on my way home, so I took it. I wonder why I ended up to want to take a photo so badly, even though it's not a particularly meaningful landscape. I took a photo and developed it like this, but I still don't understand why I felt that way at that time.
See you then.
この日最後の一枚。いつも帰りがけに見ている駐車場からのこの景色をなんでかわかんないけどすごく撮りたくなったから撮っておいた。特に意味のあるような風景でもないのに、なんであんなに撮りたくなったんだろう。撮って、こうやって現像もしてみたけど未だになんであの時そう感じたのかがわかんないや。
ほなまた。
