I am slicing my life off to share what the Sashiko is for us. I am not sharing S

I am slicing my life off to share what the Sashiko is for us. I am not sharing Sashiko only for “fun” or “money”. It is for my dignity. Sashiko is my identity.

☆

Some say, ‘’Any publicity is good publicity”. I agree. If my goal is to be “famous”, any publicity is awesome. However, when it comes to “protecting my own culture in foreign environment”, not all publicity is good, because it takes more energy to correct the misunderstanding than just “sharing”. There are many articles about Sashiko associating to Visible Mending. There are many mentioning Sashiko and Boro as the techniques. If you follow this account for a while, you know Sashiko is not (only) the word for Visible Mending (for reasons), and the Sashiko is not (only) about learning the “Sashiko technique”. They aren’t so much “wrong”, but very much “insufficient”.

☆

I guess what I am trying to do is “unteaching” as we all need some “unlearning” before learning something new. Please, please try to be as “respectful” as possible. It is easy to shout “Sashiko is New Visible Mending Technique!” and find someone who can support the voice, but there is a pain behind that convenience. I found an article saying, “Easy Sashiko Japanese Visible Mending”. If the writer doesn’t know anything about Sashiko, it is unfortunate but understandable. If they (think they) knows about Sashiko, then this is a good example of “Cultural Appropriation (or more like Cultural Ignorance)”.

☆

–

–

–

☆

”取材”について。2019年に一度ブチギレて配信でも愚痴ったことがあるので記憶にある方もいらっしゃるかもしれませんが、一度、本の一部を書かないかという提案がありました。報酬を確認したところ、「私の本に取り上げてあげようとしてるのよ！報酬どころか、私にお金を払ってでも書きたい人は沢山いるのよ」と、とんでもなく失礼な事を言われた件です。英語の諺で、”any publicity is good publicity”というものがあります。意訳ですが「有名になる為にはどんな手段でもOK」的な感じです。炎上商法とかもこっちかな。でもね、目的が有名になることじゃないんですよ。”刺し子を知ってもらうこと”なんです。前提から違う。

☆

2021-02-06 15:02:05

Source