People who shout for freedom (creativity) accuse someone for not following the rules. I do not consider myself an artist. As I have spent so many days with “Sashiko masters”, I would never consider myself as a Sashiko master. So, the story I share is not the answer. My Sashiko is just stitching as my ordinary – like the breakfast you had this morning.
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As there are stories, there are “orders”. Here, the order isn’t like a rule to follow.. It is more like an “order” of facts, memories, and people. We may call it “history”, or I call it “Stories”. As Sashiko is a stitchery in the ordinary, how can one determine the rules for everyone else? It is perfectly fine to have a rule for themselves as a part of their ordinary, it should never be summarized as the “all you need to know”. If someone decides what to have for your breakfast, aren’t you going to laugh at it?
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I have rules in Sashiko. There is wisdom & knowledge & technique to make it more beautiful, and most importantly “easy” in the long term. However, they aren’t rules. Please be mindful of whom you are learning from. If they are offering “All you need to know” or “One stop for learning everything”, doubt it. Come to Sashiko Live & share your questions there. Then we can “talk”. Live has no modification in Sashiko. You can copy it from there. Enjoy as you wish without worrying about Cultural Appropriation – it is not you who has to worry about Cultural Appropriation – it is someone teaching “it” to the culture to be something different. Sashiko introduced in English isn’t wrong but insufficient – it is missing the most important element in my understanding. My recommendation to start learning Sashiko is the course on Domestika – and then my class to learn Core & Essence of Sashiko – it isn’t difficult at all. It just requires a paradigm shift.
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もう週末ですね。インスタグラムへの投稿頻度が下がってしまってすみません。6月も半ばを越えれば少しは余裕が出てくると思うのですが、懸念していた通りというかなんというか、感謝の気持ちを持つ反面、大きな課題を見せつけられた(というか見て見ぬふりをしていたことを再度凝視することになった)ので、悩みつつできることを一つずつ形にしている感じです。配信だけは何が何でも続けますので、また本日(6/9の金曜日)、英語版はお昼、日本語版は夜の9:30頃にYoutubeにお越し頂けたら嬉しいです。
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2023-06-08 23:39:27
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I have just taken your course, which I throughly enjoyed and which has left me feeling there is so much more to know, do and feel about Sashiko and its practitioners. Thank you for opening the door….
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I hope to take one of your classes sometime soon! The way ypur describe this art feels so organic! I appreciate you sharing what youve learned!