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Luz Maldonado López

( Luz Maldonado López )

Spain／Age 7

第19回The 19th 2025-2026年2025-2026 スペイン大会Spain Contest

テーマ「おと」 Theme "Sound" 大賞作品 JAL Grand Prize Winner

「al rozar」（ちょっと軽く触れる）という言葉の選び方が見事だね。草花に寄せる深い慈愛を感じたよ。春の柔らかな朝、指先が花に触れた瞬間の微かな摩擦音を、植物たちの愛らしい「声」として聞き逃さずに捉えたね。視覚、触覚、そして聴覚へと鮮やかに移り変わる描写が見事だよ。そんな作者の草花に対するやさしい近づき方に答えるような、花びらや葉、茎のこすれ逢った草花からのやさしい声。それを聞き逃さなかった作者はかなり草花と距離を近くしているね。生命が息づく春の季節の呼吸音のような声だ。イラストも色とりどりの花にあふれて、それぞれがさまざまに音を奏でる。春の庭園はまるで自然のオーケストラのようだね。

The choice of the word ‘al rozar’ (to touch lightly) is marvelous. I sensed a deep tenderness towards the flowers and plants. On a gentle spring morning, you have captured the faint sound of friction at the moment your fingertips touched the flowers, recognizing it as the lovely ‘voice’ of the plants. The vivid transition in the description from sight to touch and then to sound is superb. As if in response to the author’s gentle approach to the plants, the soft voices emerge from the petals, leaves and stems as they brush against one another. The fact that the author did not miss these sounds suggests they are quite close to the plants. These voices are like the breathing sounds of spring, a season teeming with life. The illustration is also brimming with colorful flowers, each playing its own unique melody. A spring garden is just like a natural orchestra.