[LAW Document 72 Hours] What Begins from the Afterglow

I feel that the afterglow

"memory"

and

"emotion"

have a

"filtering function."

It feels like they do.

The lingering resonance that remains after a sound, such as a bell, has faded away.

The atmosphere that remains after an event has concluded.

The charm or sentiment felt between the lines in poetry or prose.

Fragments of emotion like water droplets.

The flow of time in the world is...

faster and faster.

Ever faster.

In these days when it is accelerating...

To the right and to the left.

From top to bottom.

From inside to outside.

In all kinds of information...

Sometimes swept away.

Sometimes drowning.

Losing sight of the present...

Amidst events flowing one after another...

I think it is a very happy thing to be able to feel an aftertaste.

While facing someone important.

Taking time slowly.

Quietly clinking glasses...

Clink.

Along with a carefully crafted space.

Eating together.

"Aftertaste"

It is something that brilliantly steals away the flow of time: past, present, and future.

Sometimes in monochrome.

Sometimes vividly.

It brings back memories that should have been far away.

Like water droplets...

To fragments of emotion...

In the blink of an eye.

Sweetly...

Accompanied by just a little sentimentality...

Like raindrops just beginning to fall.

Vaguely.

Gradually, clearly.

At that moment.

No matter what the emotion may be.

"Afterglow"

When viewed through the filter of...

The temperature of happiness...

Just a little bit.

A happy moment when it rises.

Naoko Terai "Encounter"