1/18/2013

wooden spoons


ときどき 油に浸す

木だから 呼吸しているのだろう
だんだん渇いてくる

スープをすって ざらざらしている



























油をたっぷりすわせたら みがく

しばらく木の器にのせて
よぶんな油をおとす
器も渇いているらしく どんどんしみ込む
ほかのスプーンにものばして みがく

けばだってるところは
やすりで擦る
だんだん すべすべしてくる

口唇でふれてみる

手は すべすべと思ったけど
口は まだまだといっている

それで気がつく
口がいかに繊細な器官かということを






sometimes i let them soak in oil:

they must breathe all the time
and get dried day by day

they also get wet with soup and become 
rough to my mouth

so i leave them in oil for a while and 
polish with cloth








or leave them on wooden tray which is also dry
to let them drop the oil too much.
the oil gets soon infiltrated into the tray
or i drop it on other less dried spoons and polish

the rough part, i polish with sandpaper 
until it becomes smooth again

and i try touching if it's enough, 
my fingers say 'ok,'
but when i take it to my lips
they say 'not enough'

then i notice how much they feel things delicate!

now the spoons are almost smooth enough
and give me a happy lunch time.









4 comments:

  1. wonderful light, thick through the oil
    i wish you a 'smooth' lunch, dear Yukino

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    1. thank you,
      wishing you the same to you.

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  2. and just yesterday
    i found my wooden spoons -
    made of pear, birch and linden

    i will try too, oil and cloth
    feels like a montessori lesson

    )

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    1. you're right, olga.
      as you know,
      touching real natural materials
      soothe and heal.
      i really feel myself relax when polishing them.
      and yes, this must be so good for children, too.

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