I sometimes say, “I feel pain (when I face ignorance/indifference)”. To be honest, I haven’t figured out how to define/explain this “pain” well. It hurts, so it is painful, but it doesn’t make me angry so much… more like sad… or even “sorry (for them)”. The actual pain comes from disappointment, because, I guess, I have faith. Let’s use an extreme analogy, as my favorite one with Pizza.
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The on-going Sashiko/Boro trend with them enjoying it & ignoring the stories are like eating pizza without cheese, or eating pizza with just cheese (without tomato sauce). One of the major compartments of the whole picture of Sashiko is missing, and the missing part is the most delicious part of the pizza. Pizza without cheese is a bread stick, and Pizza without tomato sauce is cheese bread. Both bread sticks & cheese breads are very tasty as they are & I would never call it wrong… but it isn’t exactly “Pizza”. I understand that it is difficult to get cheese or Tomato sauce based on the locations/conditions, yet they shouldn’t “define” what they are comfortable with as the “Pizza”. It won’t happen in Pizza because we all know it… but in Sashiko/Boro, it can happen. I have been enjoying “full Pizza” since my childhood, and I do not want to change it so that I can pass it down to the next generation. I am not overreacting: I am just acting my best to leave our voice. Then… next, we have to talk if “Pineapple” is a good topping for the pizza or not.
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あまり上手く表現できないのだけど（表現する必要もないのだけど）、やっぱり針仕事と布には何かあるような気がしているのです。論理的に且つ現実的な説明を自分自身で求めつつ、言葉にすらできない感覚も楽しんだりしていて。楽しむっていうのは少し乱暴に切り取り過ぎかもしれないけれど。布の記憶。んなものあるのかと自分で否定しながら、それでも何かを受け取る自分もいて。なかなかに言葉というのは、便利なようで不便なものです。
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2021-10-27 21:21:20
Great analogy 🙏🏾
I appreciate your analogies. Thank you!
Pizza without tomato sauce is called „pizza bianca“: white pizza. There are all kind of authentic italien pizzas and still they are only authentic with the correct ingredients and taste. There is also a pizza without cheese (without mozzarella). For example „pizza alla marinara“. 🌍 I‘m talking about what you can get in Italy and in authentic pizzarias around the world (a few, I believe). I was born in Switzerland and my father is Italian. I was often in italy and had the chance to eat real pizza. Pizza is a good example of what was made of it outside of italy. I wouldn‘t call it pizza anymore.
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In Italy, there is Pizza without tomato sauce (pizza bianca, as mentioned above), and there is a pizza without cheese (some frutti di mare, or with grilled vegetables). I find this somewhat hard to follow? Do you want to tell us that not all that’s called sashiko real sashiko?
I would like to understand where the analogy should lead me. Could you please explain? I don’t get it, sorry.
please leave this pizza stuff. It’s just not on point.
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