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​"​Twisting the past and the future together"

This old wooden twister machine is said to be made about 100 years old. It was still able to operate, but since the power of the machine was attached to the factory, it became immobile due to the demolition of the building. Electric twisting machines are currently the mainstream, but this wooden twisting machine is not broken and unusable.

        I wonder how much we have "things that we want to leave last for 100 years" now. What is the thing whose value does not change for 100 years?  I feel that anything made by hand has its value as "things that are precious even after 100 years". If passion is the driving force that moves your hands, I hope it would be nice to take over that thought.

 

”過去と未来を撚り合わせる”

この古い木造撚糸機は100年近く経っているのではないかという。まだ稼働させることができたが、機械の動力が工場に付随していたため、建物の取り壊しに伴い動かせなくなってしまった。現在は電動撚糸機が主流であるが、この木造撚糸機は壊れて使えなくなったわけではない。

100年​先も残したいものが、今どれだけあるだろう。私にとって「100年尊いもの」とは、どれも手で作られたものだ。思いの強さが手を動かす原動力であるなら、その思いを引き継いでいければと願う。

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