長くなります。なぜ長いかはご察し下さい（笑）配信にて語ります。
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I am very proud of myself for sharing a story every single day continuously. However, I am not a robot. Over the screen, there is a human with emotion. I sometimes write a strong statement. It may be difficult for someone to swallow, but I explain my intention for them to try to take it in first without being defensive. I am not here to convince them for anything. I am just sharing the stories. I know most of you here are not being defensive, but if you mindfully decide to be defensive and start accusing me for anything, please prepare first. I am here to share. I am ready to discuss. However, it requires you to spend as much time as I would do. I really dislike people withdrawing after spreading their mess.
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Here, I decided to be angry today. Well.. this time, I probably “am” angry. So please skip it if you do not feel like reading it now.
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“All you are doing is making inaccessible to people who truly want to learn (Sashiko)”. This is an actual comment I received on a Facebook Group. I still cannot believe my eyes that I read it, but this is the reality I have to go through. What is “learning” for you? What is “True” for you? Being nice and spoon-feeding you is the truth? Ignoring the cultural aspects and letting people “discuss and interpret whatever without caring” are true learning? If what I am sharing is NOT a learning opportunity (reading stories from a different culture & perspective), I don’t really know what “learning” is.
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3 years ago, this comment would badly hurt me. I would have stopped sharing the stories. After meeting many people in person & here, I know this is an “excuse” for them to not accept the inconvenient truth (story). They need to unlearn something before learning Sashiko. (Continue to the comment Section. Please read until the end. I cannot pin the comment so please scroll down. Thank you. ).
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2021-01-17 20:58:55
I enjoyed learning the history and culture relevance of Sashiko from you. Please keep posting. This is YOUR truth. Period.
You are right people are just frustrated that they cannot be spoon fed the ability to create beautiful sashiko. I would try not to focus on the negative and understand the positive that more often goes unspoken because people only share stuff when they’re upset. I look at your page every day and consider it a time for me to learn and understand sashiko and the culture around it more. Thank you for posting and thank you for spreading your craft! 🙂
Es bellísimo como bordas. Te felicito y desearía tener mas tiempo para poder bordar y bordar sashiko y perderme de placer. Bordar sashiko es maravilloso.
I have yet to stitch Sashiko myself, but I have been following you for some time. I really appreciate the time and effort you spend to show us Sashiko, both the stitching in videos and the ideas you share in these posts. I find it beautiful. I am sorry that some people commenting on your generously shared information are entitled. I will continue to follow you and admire your Sashiko.
People are ignorant and wanting to share their negativity. If they don’t like it they don’t have to pay. They also don’t have to say anything and just go about their day. I’m sorry you have to deal with that. They suck.
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I started sashiko three years ago but felt something was missing from the books and photos and even the history about it. I didn’t realize what it was until I stumbled on your posts. The food on boro photo , and all the conversations have helped me to see that the cultural context and respect is everything. Please keep going. I intend on taking a class and consider the cost to be a right and just cost!
In this day and age we have to let the small humble voices triumph, so please take heart. 🇨🇦
The more successful you become, the more trolls you will have. It is an unfortunate aspect of human nature. I have never purchased from you (yet) but I always make sure I am very clear with my expectations before I sign up for a class. If the class content, teacher qualifications and teaching style don’t match up with what I want, I don’t pay. I think more people in this world need to learn how to be clear with their expectations.
I’ve learnt a lot from you just being you!👏👏🤗🤗🤗🧵🧵🧵
You have every right to be upset! I appreciate the care you take with all of your posts. These disrespectful people have no business acting like fools!
I love what you share and I am learning 💕✨ so although the post you received created anger, please continue to share as please know that your posts have a very positive teaching and learning effect on me! Thank you! 🙏🙏
I appreciate your art, craft, teaching and writing. Thank you. ❤️
I am happy you are expressing your anger. Not because I wish you are feeling it right now, but because I have been totally appalled by the way some people have been treating you the past year, maybe two even. I felt it was not my place, and I could not assume you saw it the same way. But between the frank cultural appropriation by others with no regard to the traditional craft, the entitlement, the laziness, the criticism, the demanding nature of people… It’s astounding. People don’t value things that are free. It’s just the truth. And people who are always asking for your time for free are probably not dedicated. There is plenty of free content from many sources online. Anyone who is truly dedicated to learning from an authentic Japanese master craftsman with years of experience is willing to save up or do whatever possible to compensate the teacher appropriately out of *respect* for your time and the willingness to support you. FB has the worst people for this I feel. The platform attacts all the bottom feeders. Patreon might be the best fit for your “home base”, or a course /learning platform like Thinkiffic. Good luck friend. Don’t let these people get you down.
I have to admit that I probably inadvertently used wrong terminology with sashiko and boro. I love the aesthetic of boro and kantha, especially boro with all the shades of indigo and the textures of the layers of stitching. We don’t have anything in my family thats been handed down because my family was poor, anything worn out, patched or mended was thrown away because it was evidence of that poverty and appearance was everything. I love looking at boro, the pieces seem to have their own spirits and personalities. You may see beautiful and well preserved clothes and quilts but its rare to see something as ordinary as a work jacket thats been patched and repaired so much because they just get thrown away. You can see that, even though the repairs are practical, there has been care and pride in the work, the fabrics and stitches chosen to be beautiful and show the skill of the person making the repair. It teaches us a lot in our throw away society. I’ll never get to own a piece of genuine boro but I’ve started to dip my toes in the water of making boro inspired pieces, only a bag so far but I’ve got big plans, and I hope that I’ll be able to use the right terminology so as not to offend the culture that gave me the inspiration in the first place. Sorry for rambling
😢 you’re doing an amazing job, I’m sorry you had to go through that. ❤️