Ok. I made a video. I get feedback with “quick reading”. Wording Matters. Above

Ok. I made a video. I get feedback with “quick reading”. Wording Matters. Above said, I wrote an article “I encourage you to call it Sashiko”. Please read what I write with mindfulness. I never said I am offended by someone’s “Sashiko” stitching, and will never think I own Sashiko. Please spend some time to read what I have been writing. So many articles from the link on our profile.
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Although I am open in the usage of wording “Sashiko”, I have a sincere request when people call it “Sashiko” – care & appreciation to the Japanese culture and mindset behind Sashiko. If you acknowledge the association between Sashiko and Japan, yet intentionally ignore it, then I will confront. Why? Because it can overwrite the image of the words. The same as issue. As long as we share Sashiko with respecting the culture, the practice of Sashiko will survive. The result can transform. However, when we let Sashiko go as a mere technique without Japanese culture, our identity may be overwritten. The Kimono is the same. The Japanese would not react much when Kim was showing respect to the Kimono and the Japanese mindset. I learned that “Individualism / Capitalism” can change the general image of long-established culture, in this case, Kimono and for me Sashiko. I encourage people to call their stitching Sashiko when they care about the Japanese culture. The more people enjoy Sashiko with being attentive to the Japanese mindset, then the Sashiko we practice will be passed down. If you intentionally ignore the Japanese culture behind Sashiko, then why do you call it Sashiko? (It is not an accusation. I simply would like to know why. For publicity…?) ☆
By the way, I am a big fan of traditional Sashiko.
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ビデオを作る。「着物という言葉をサポートして！」というメッセージなのだけど、「日本人が刺し子を所有しているみたいに感じた！」とコメントが。もう勘弁してよ。そんなこと一言も言ってないじゃない。とはいえ、問題の本質はそこじゃない。刺し子でも着物でも、単語を聞いて、一番に思い浮かぶ画像があるでしょ？文化の盗用って、その思い浮かぶ画像を塗り替えてしまうことだと思うんだ。自分自身は厳格に伝統的な刺し子しかしないのに、「どんな手縫いも刺し子って言って、まぁ良いんじゃない」と言っているのは、「文化を尊重した人が作ったもの」であれば、その塗り替えは起こらないと信じているから。逆に「日本文化？気にしな〜い」という人が作ったものは、どれだけ刺し子っぽくても、刺し子とは呼んでほしくないのです（そんな人には出会ったことがないけれど）。伝統を守り、多様性を許す。それが文化が残る王道。ただ、塗替えはいけません。絶対にいけません。
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2019-07-01 10:16:47

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