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I am NOT sharing Sashiko Stories to change someone’s view. Sharing stories is th

atsushijp, 2021年5月24日

I am NOT sharing Sashiko Stories to change someone’s view. Sharing stories is the method of sharing a different perspective to the majority group. After all, the goal of sharing the Sashiko stories is to pass down the Sashiko with as few “cultural changes” as possible. 

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We live in a society ruled by the Law. I am grateful to embrace our life under the law instead of being dominated by dictators. However, we are human with ethics & emotions outside of the law & logic. Sashiko is one of those – in order to fully understand what Sashiko is, continuous learning in Japanese ethics, courtesy, philosophy, and how the “legal system” was developed in Japan would be very important. It is almost impossible to learn them without mastering the Japanese language. Therefore, I am sharing as many stories as possible. I am not here to change how they look at Sashiko. I am here to share that the Sashiko they think they know are probably insufficient. Sashiko is easy, but not shallow – years of layers of their (our) days.

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巡り合わせとは不思議なもので、嫌いだった刺し子から逃げた結果の米国留学と、子供時代に考え続け悩み続けた刺し子の存在意義が、今の僕の土台を作ってくれています。昔は「自分ではない誰か」になりたいと思っていました。刺し子をする自分が嫌いでした。特別な誰かになりたくて悩み苦しみ隣の青い芝生ばかりみてきました。それでも刺し子からは逃げられず、愚直に目の前のことに集中する日々を過ごした今、唯一無二の存在になれているような気がしています。現実から逃げる為にあれだけ没頭した読書も、軽蔑しながらも針を動かし続けた自分も、今この瞬間に「日本人の刺し子と針仕事の本質」を伝えるための一層だったのかなと思うのです。

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「日本の常識は非常識」とはとても的を得た表現で、僕たちが当たり前に思うことは、世界では当たり前ではありません。ただ、この「日本の常識である世界の非常識」が今きっと世界に求められていることだと思うのです。たかが刺し子ですが、その刺し子を通して伝えられる何かがあるんじゃないかと、日々文章に綴っています。

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2021-05-24 12:49:18




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Comments (2)

  1. 山口 達彦 says:
    2021年5月24日 at 5:16 PM

    👏👏👏素晴らしいと思います。ありがとうございます😊

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  2. Anna Dell'Oro says:
    2021年5月24日 at 5:17 PM

    👍🥰

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