Joshua Tree Parkで原始的な木にパワーをもらう。。
モハビ砂漠で海兵隊とあいまみえた後は、近隣地区にあるJoshua Tree National Parkにやって来た。モハビ砂漠の延長が、岩山と原始的な木々であふれる国立公園になっているのだ。かたやアメリカの最先端の戦闘訓練基地、そのもう片端が極めてのどかな砂漠岩山の自然公園とは、不思議である。
Joshua Treeというのは、U2の有名なアルバムの名前らしいが、これがその木であるらしい。この国立公園、位置的にはカリフォルニア州LAからアリゾナ州フェニックスに向かう途中にあり、公園の入り口にはこのような岩山が360°広がっていて、壮観である。ドライブの気持ちよかったこと。
ジョシュア・ツリーの和訳はヤッカ。といわれても、まだぴんとこないが、ユリ科の原木であるといえばいいか。青い青い空に向って、くっくっとまっすぐにまっすぐに力強く生えているこの木を見て、一目で好きになった。まっすぐに生きて、不器用な自分に似ているような気がして。
花も咲いている。これは、岩山と原木に咲いた素朴な花の不思議なコンポジションが、お気に入りの一枚の写真。実はここ、岩山といえども、砂漠に住むねずみや、こうさぎ、蛇などが生息していて、生き物ウォッチングにもぴったりの地区なのだ。そこここにキャンピングをしている家族連れがいた。キャンプにはもってこいの場所。
生き物のほかにも、サボテンに花が咲いていたり、ワイルドフラワーが咲いていたり、砂漠にも花が咲くことに驚く。水の気配は全く無いのに、砂の下には水流があるのだろうか、どこかで水を調達して生きているか、ものすごく少ない水の量で凌いで生きているのだ。
高台には、こういう眺めのところも広がっている。岩山ばかりの砂漠地帯。絶景かな。どこまでもどこまでも続く荒野である。
ジョシュア・ツリーは成長すると幹が分かれ,高さ10m以上の大木となるそうだ。大昔、ジョシュア・ツリーはアメリカン・インディアンたちに見出され、葉っぱを編んでバスケットにしたり、サンダルにしたりと用立てられたという。また花の芽は生か、ローストされて食卓に上ったそうだ。
19世紀の半ばまでにモルモン教徒が、信仰の自由を求めコロラド川を渡ってこの地にたどり着いたとき、彼らはこの木を「預言者ジョシュア」と呼び、モルモン教徒を導くものとしてあがめた。現代のジョシュア・ツリーは砂漠に住む哺乳類や、鳥、昆虫、爬虫類に生息地を提供する重要な役割を果たしている。テディもこの力強い木にあやかって、青い空に枝をくくっと伸ばしながらも、幹は力強く、岩の大地にも根付いて多くの生き物の住みかとなるような、素晴らしい女性になりたい。
>あ、無意識のうちにこの木を女性っぽいと思い込んでいた。
この木、意外と女性っぽいと思うのは私だけだろうか?
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