The society we live encourages us to not to think. In order to stay above the de

The society we live encourages us to not to think. In order to stay above the deluge of information, we need to keep “following” instead of thinking, as if we need to keep swimming or the trend will wipe us away. In reality, we don’t need that much information especially when our goal is to just live (In order to be successful, learning how to swim in the deluge of information can be essential). It may be a type of delusion to make us believe we think while encouraging us to just follow.
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In this account, I want you to “think”. The moments of “thinking” will navigate you to my core messages: “Imagine”, “Acknowledge”, and hopefully, “Care”. Instead of following “someone’s answer”, I want you to imagine what it would be like, especially if you are doing something outside of your ordinary.
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“Inspired” is a beautiful & convenient word, but also very dangerous. It sometimes excuses us from thinking. In SNS (mainly FB), there are so many” Sashiko/Boro inspired” photos. I wonder what they are inspired by/from – because their understanding (sources of inspiration) are already interpretations of someone non-Japanese – outcome of insufficient translation, or worse: filtration. If one is willing to learn, they do not have to worry about using the words. In contrast, using “inspired” will not exempt anyone from thinking/learning about words. “Inspired” isn’t the magic word: in fact, it may be a word encouraging the possible painful change in culture, it pushes the word walking by itself. What are you inspired by/from?
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背負っているものが軽い分、どんな状況になっても「恵子さんが好きなようにしたら良いと思うよ」という、当初の「母親の想う刺し子を形にさせてあげたい」という気持ちを大切にしています。初志貫徹。すると言語での説明が苦手な恵子さんは、「まず形に」します。本来であれば理由や動機、もっと言うと見込み等も確認するべきなのですが、そこは吹っ飛ばして好きなように。時々（と言うか毎回）なんでだろう…と不思議に思う事もあるのですが、時間が経って結果だけ見てみると、その半年くらい前に恵子さんが見ていた風景が見えてきたりします。2021年に作った印刷布。なんであの柄だったんだろう？と疑問も無きにしも非ずだったのですが、このジャケットが頭にあったのね…と言うお話です。恵子さん、どこまで行くかなぁ（遠い目）。
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2022-03-20 20:26:17

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