>> 2005.06.10 [ Mailing List ]
How are you?
I appreciate some of you e-mailed me how you spent a day of May 10th, thinking of him, talking about him and expanded "the connection." I played his favorite Japanese artist's new album, which he could not listen to. He liked this artist, Yasuyuki Okamura, since high school and told me to listen to it. My friends were surprised that we had a very close relationship to share such a thing. When I visited him in Melbourne, Mino told me that there was a new album coming out soon. The last album was 8 years ago. He was really excited about this news. However, the album came out a few months after his death. Okamura's voice reminds me of my brother in high school and in Melbourne.
Our fundraising activity entered the next stage. About A$2500 has been raised from our junior high school alumni and their teachers with tremendous help from those who know Mino from elementary school. Now, the high school alumni started working on it. Originally, my friend from junior high and high school found other alumni who knew Mino. Although he did not have any direct relationship with Mino, he has been organizing the appeal to the other alumni and we are working really hard currently. Interestingly, at the end of last year, I was talking with Mino's friends about this fundraising activity. We all agreed that we should expect that those who don't know Mino directly would like to join the activity eventually and we should be prepared for it and welcome them. It is our privilege to know him personally, but we should not exclude others just because they never met him or talked to him. I believe that "connection" that Mino always treasured should reach those who would like to know his life.
Regarding his book, "Radical Oral History," the fourth print (another 500 copies) has been decided. More and more book reviews came and will be coming.
Yuki
P.S. Any update information on www.hokariminoru.org can be found in the index page.
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皆様、お元気ですか？
先月の一周忌に、実を想いながら、彼とのつながりを様々な形で広げてくださったことを知らせていただき、ありがとうございました。私は一年前彼が息を引き取った時間に、実が聴けなかった岡村靖幸のＣＤをかけました。岡村は、実が高校生の頃から好きだったアーティストで、その頃私にも聞くように勧めてくれました。姉弟でそんな話をするのかと何人もの友人に驚かれたものです。このＣＤは、渡豪した私に「何年ぶりかのアルバムがでるんだよ」と嬉しそうに教えてくれたのですが、発売されたのは実が亡くなってから数ヶ月後のことでした。岡村靖幸は、まっすぐ私に実のことを思い出させます。高校生の実も、メルボルンで闘病生活をしていた実も。
「保苅実記念奨学基金を募る会」の活動は、次の段階に入りました。実の幼馴染の方たちの協力により、中学同窓生と先生方から20万円の寄付が集まりましたが、今度は高校同窓会が動き始めました。もともと私の中・高同期の友人が地道で継続的な努力により実の同期と出会い、その方は当時実と直接の交流はなかったにも関わらず、同期生・同窓生に対しての呼びかけに精力的にとりかかってくれています。去年の暮れ、この活動をさらに広げていくためには、実と交流のなかった同窓生、実の本を読んで共感してくれた方が協力を申し出てくれた時、そういう方たちが実を直接知らなかったことに引け目を感じることなく、積極的に関わろうと思えるような環境作りがこれから必要になるだろうと、実の幼馴染と話していたのですが、それが現実となりました。弟が最後まで大事にしていた「つながり」は、根のように広がり続け、彼の人生について知りたいと望む人々へとたどり着くべきものだと私は思います。
「ラディカル」は、5月半ばに第4刷(500部）が決まりました。書評は続いています。これからもまだまだ続きます。
由紀
追伸：www.hokariminoru.orgの更新状況は、日英各インデックスページで見られます。業績、書評リストが更新されています。
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