A Festival Without a Shrine Entry

A small portable shrine that had been left sitting for three years
beside a shrine in a back alley
is now shaking violently.
Day after day, various bearers are carrying it with joy.
It's with such intensity that you'd think the phoenix on top might tear off and fly away.

The portable shrines that parade through the main streets
certainly have many people following them,
but this place has its own kind of festival.

What's the difference between the front and the back?
Ah, I suppose the front is that thing. The profitable...,
oops, don't make me say it all.

Putting on a festival is a huge undertaking.
I think I understand that much at least.
There are people who create the festival, and because they tell me,
'Let's do it freely, let's have fun!',
I'm able to jump on board.
If someone shows an attitude of 'I'll take responsibility, leave it to me,' I'd fall for them.

In return, once I'm doing it, I'm serious.
I enjoy being a fool to the fullest.
I mess around seriously.
I do silly things with all my heart.
Aren't those all saying the same thing?

What kind of festival is it?

No, that's not it.
It's about the phrase 'What are you talking about?'

It means enjoying creation by using the tag 'What are you talking about?'
You don't know what I'm talking about at all?
If I can make you think that, then I've got you.
Ask me, 'What are you talking about?'
I want that kind of unspoken understanding there.

In the middle of a festival,
you get the illusion that 'the festival will go on forever.'
But there is no such festival.

I don't think the 'What are you talking about?' festival will end,
but rather that it will gradually change its form.
It will surely become a fun place for creation and a playground that takes root in the city of no+e.
The person who 'created' such a place is
Konishi Kinoko.
It took three years.
Someone who sticks to their stance for three years, and the people who find such a person and shine a light on them are also amazing.

If 'What are you talking about?' is by your side,
then creation is already a part of daily life.

What are you talking about becomes a part of daily life

This small portable shrine will never return to the shrine.
The cry of just one person from the back alley
will continue to increase the number of bearers and draw in those who are watching.

Enjoy creation! It will get even more interesting.
There are as many ways to do it as there are writers, and everyone is a creator and free.

Sorry for just riding along.
But thank you
for letting me ride along.