Attention. Please read what I write (have been writing) instead of what you want

Attention. Please read what I write (have been writing) instead of what you want to Read. Please read my writing mindfully. “Reaching to the conclusion” or “changing the naming” by quick reading a few posts is the opposite of my message. I am not the authority in Sashiko. The core message of “Sashiko as the process” is Our idea (Mainly Atsushi’s idea and Keiko agrees) – the messages aren’t from artisans. The wisdom I got by being there in the Sashiko business – after all, Sashiko was ordinary habit for the ordinary Japanese people.
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If you have been reading what I write, you are probably tired of reading these. However, I don’t know other way to communicate but keep telling them. For those who found us recently, please read as many posts & website articles before implementing anything. I never said calling a random hand-stitching Sashiko is always the cultural appropriation (I am working on the article to share my thoughts on this topic). I never mentioned myself as the Sashiko Authority. Please. Please do not stamp another “quick image” by reading what you want. ☆
In a long Japanese history, (as long as I know) no one stood up to “define” what Sashiko is for the purpose of excluding the others. Each Sashiko in each region recognized each other. I want to keep it that way. It is NOT me who to define what Sashiko is. What I am doing here is to share the Sashiko we know – the Sashiko more than just focusing on the result and outcome. Why? Because by understanding the beauty of process (caring & appreciation) Sashiko become so much more than just good at hand-stitching, and most importantly, more enjoyable. Well… I guess I need to keep saying this post, don’t I…?
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明後日の24時間配信でガッツリ話すつもりですが、先週は「怒り」に飲み込まれておりました。「売られた喧嘩は買う姿勢」は大切にしていますが、「誰彼構わず喧嘩売りそうな切れ味」だったので自重してました。ちょっと良くなったけど。思い当たる節を。「つまみ読みして簡単に結論に辿り着く人がいる」ということ。それ、一番やってほしくない！って何度も書いてるのだけど、90%くらいの方はたぶん伝わってるので英語の問題じゃないとは思うのだけど、頼むから書いた文章をわざわざ自分フィルターを通すことなく読んで欲しい……と。とは言え、これだけが原因じゃない気もするので、何かあるんだなぁとは思いつつ、感情の否定だけはしないように、これからも表現し続けるつもりです。
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2019-06-02 18:17:38

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