In Sashiko (and many other hand-crafting), the stitching (work/opus) reflects who the stitcher (maker) is. The pieces are like the mirror of the makers themselves. I sincerely hope our stitching communicates to you about who we are, with sharing the photos & videos. At the same time, I learned that stories (words) are important when the goal is to share the culture, especially where we have many choices. Stitching & Stories are the both essential wheels to pass down the culture.
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However, words can be tricky. Communication in SNS taught me that some people read only what they want to read – listen to only what they want to listen. For me, “Reading only what they want to read” is categorized as “ignorance” (Not knowing is not ignorance to me – there may be a better word in English). I encounter “haters”, and they often read what they want to read instead of what is actually written there. Ever since I realized this, I feel less stressful when haters leave sad comments.
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I don’t block anyone. Listening to “a voice” is how I try to preserve the Sashiko culture, so blocking others based on my preference is kind of contradicting to what I do. However, it doesn’t mean that I am an emotionless machine. I feel. Please read & listen to what is there – instead of twisting my words.
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I will (try to) listen to the voice even if it is a single voice among the majority. Similarly, I won’t stop sharing the photos & stories as long as one person is willing to learn – because the Culture will only be “abandoned” when everyone forgets (not-care) what it is.
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毎日これだけの分量の文章を投稿し続けていると、執拗に絡んでくる輩にも出くわします。今回、「お前は矛盾だらけだ」というコメントがあったので（具体的な例はないので言いがかりだと思うのですが）、一つずつ説明していくつもりです。本当の矛盾って、説明すらできませんから。また配信でも語りますね。
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2020-08-24 12:26:31
配信たのしみにしてます😊語りたりないんじゃないでしょうか
La importancia del ritmo. The importance of the rhythm 🔥
For me, “reading only what they want to read” is willful ignorance (malignant), as in the choice to disregard information and sources of information in favor of whichever one prefers, while simply not knowing that the information exists is ignorance (benign). Both types of ignorance require education, but the willfully ignorant refuse to be educated. Silencing disparate voices, disparaging those who possess alternative perspectives, and delegitimizing experts in any field of knowledge is even worse than willful ignorance – and has the potential to be very dangerous. Spreading information that one does not know to be false or incomplete is a symptom of ignorance (benign), while spreading information one knows to be false or incomplete is either lying (malignant) or misleading (also malignant). This is what we call #misinformation, #disinformation, and also sometimes #propaganda. Unfortunately it is difficult to know anyone’s intentions in a social media context, so it’s difficult to distinguish between benign and malignant behavior/statements, let alone distinguish between authentic seekers of knowledge and ‘haters’, as you say, without engaging them in dialogue. Opportunity for #dialogue in a social media context can also be manipulated to give ‘haters’ a platform to spread their message. This is why we sometimes #block people – to deny them opportunities to spread malignancy.
Gracias; muchas gracias ♥️♥️♥️; por tus comentarios; tu enseñanzas y tu cultura ♥️♥️♥️
Love your words! You make me think on what I do while stiching. You make me wonder why I like sashiko if it is not my own culture. And moreover, which is my culture! American culture is a history quite controversial…original cultures have been set aside by europeans…So, better go on stiching! 😍