Thank you for the many feedback on yesterday’s photo with “Wrongness of Meal on Boro”. Please keep being reminded. There is no such a thing as Right and Wrong in Sashiko. Similarity, there is no Right and Wrong in one’s perception. I just want to share the usage of Boro may be very strange, or even wrongful, to some people who know the stories.
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The perception changes. I used to dislike the Boro as the other Sashiko artisans I was with. Then after learning history & stories, I now enjoy & like Boro. I even find some Boro beautiful.
The other words describing Boro would be powerful, moving, inspirational, sad, scary, and many more. I just do not want to jump into “how it looks” and then ignore all other elements. If you know the story of Boro, food on authentic Boro wouldn’t be so comfortable.
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“What about the Boro (inspired) patchworked fabric under the food?” is a very reasonable question. My insight would be, “Why do you call it Boro?” and “What are you inspired by Boro?”. By asking these questions to yourself, the answer will come up naturally. The words we use carry more information than the sound & how it looks. We call it “stories/culture”. Please keep learning. Please doubt what you know already. I will share “more” on reasons why the previous photo was wrongful to me from a folklore perspective.
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流行とは不思議なもので、一度本流ができてしまうと、なかなか抗う流れは出てこないようで。同調圧力とは言わないまでも、なんとなく「襤褸は綺麗で価値のあるものだ」という認識が流行で生まれると、結果として「襤褸はなんか嫌だ」という声が拾えなくなってしまいます。「嫌悪感がうまれる襤褸の写真」として紹介した配膳と襤褸の関係性なのですが、英語圏から「私は襤褸を綺麗だとは思わない」という声が送られてきて吃驚しています。僕は、襤褸は好きだし、綺麗だと思います。昔は苦手だったのですが、実際に自分で作ろうとしてみて考えが変わりました。それでもスカーフとして使う布でも、食卓には置こうとは思わないですが。多様な価値観が認められる世の中で、それは本当に素晴らしいのですが、人に何かを教える場合は価値観を作る知識や感性も、しっかり磨いて欲しいなと思うわけです。勿論、自分への戒めも込めて。
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2020-12-03 12:21:29
私は襤褸その物は凄いなぁ、とは思うけど美しいかと聞かれたら違和感があります。その背景にある作った人の思いや大切にした思いを重ねることで初めて美しく見える気がします。
In my mind (correct me if I’m way off) Boro is somewhat similar to early American quilting. Made from worn-out and hard-worn clothing scraps for the express purpose of keeping people warm when they could not afford (or have access to) store-bought blankets. Not something one would put food on, generally speaking.
I sometimes serve on this antique Bengali blanket https://www.instagram.com/p/B9mK9E0hJJh/?igshid=6yopvikhp8uv
For me it starts with the cloth , indigo dyed cloth is very hardy. Compared to today’s cloth I would say that the cloth would have a better quality these two things would make the cloth not only long life but worth reusing, along with the lack of cotton cloth and less means to buy cloth it all comes together to form the process of boro along with lifestyle imparted in the cloth
So beautiful So inspirational 🙏
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