The importance of “Imagination” is one of core messages in our Sashiko. The abil

The importance of “Imagination” is one of core messages in our Sashiko. The ability to imagine “what if ” can lead us to be more caring to each other. I believe we are all “born good”, not “born evil”. To be more precise, what I want to share is the reminder of our ability to imagine. We have the ability, but we don’t have enough time to use the ability. In Sashiko, by stitching for a while within the rhythm, we can imagine a lot. Not so much focusing the results – in losing ourselves in the movement of stitching, we can imagine about others and oneself. 

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The stitches made in mindfulness carry the “Caring”. Since stitches can represent who we are, the stories behind the stitches are important & attractive. I want you to have the imagination to care about the stories behind stitches. When a person made a joke about me & the Jacket, I advised her it wasn’t funny. I wished that she would imagine the story behind the stitches instead of minimizing my pain by calling “crying baby for attention” and justifying her by calling me “pervert”.

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I have been thinking why it happened so as not to repeat. The key is “(her lack of) imagination”. The Boro-to-be Jacket that I repeatedly introduce as a “gift” from my mother to help me in sharing Sashiko/Boro. There are reasons for not showing inside much. I summarized all of the “dots” to connect “reasons” on Patreon, but I just wanted to share the importance of imagination here. Sashiko/Boro is more than stitching/patch-working for fun, for some Japanese who still practice Sashiko today.

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恵子さんと二人で常に心掛けていることは、「使って頂ける刺し子作品を作る」という事です。刺し子の作り手の意地……というか、ジャケットであれば着ることを前提に作り、またご購入を希望される方には、どしどし販売しています。一人で何着も着続けることはできませんし。その中で唯一販売不可なジャケットが、この”襤褸になる”ジャケットです。以前も思いを紹介したのですが、その思いはどれだけ語っても尽きることはないです。一度値段付けて、ご検討頂いた方も居たのですが、やっぱり感情が入りすぎて駄目でした（しっかりご説明してご理解頂きました）。所詮針目。たかが刺し子……です。でも、針目には思いが付随し、そして残る。だからこそ、思いそのものを何も”知ろうとしない人”に馬鹿にされると怒ります。というか、そこは怒る必要があります。このジャケットは、いつか皆様に見て頂きたいジャケットです。

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2021-02-25 09:49:10

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