Society asks you to be someone special. They say, “Find true-self within you”, and encourage you to be the “Only One” by doing something. They teach you how to be creative as if creativity clears your suffering. If “creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence (Quote from Osho)”, what they do is more like obedience (following) to the (social) system than being creative.
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That being said… Why do you have to be special and creative? Since we think we can achieve happiness by being special and creative, we start “borrowing” something that “looks” unique: like the words Sashiko and Boro, without understanding the core of its practice. It is an illusion that one has to be special & creative to be happy, created by someone who benefits from it. They may think they are creative, but in fact, they are just following a path that “looks like” to be creative with destroying something that “looks like” special and creative.
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Again, I ask. Why do you have to be special and creative more than who you really are? If you are willing to learn what Sashiko is, I welcome you to use the word Sashiko together. I don’t teach you to be more “creative”, but I share stories based on Japanese culture, which happens to be unique in Western mindset. Don’t use the word if your goal is just to be special & creative. You are trying to be “extraordinary” by using the culture of “appreciating to be in the ordinary”.
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As I always say, happiness isn’t something you achieve, or win-over. It is something you realize. Don’t let others define what your happiness is… and more importantly who you are. At least, Sashiko can “teach” you (not me teaching you) how to be okay (appreciate) who you are. Acknowledge it, Learn more, then you will realize what you really want. Don’t let others decide what you want in your life.
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「特別な誰かになる為に”SASHIKO”を利用する」。会話の中で、ふと簡潔に纏まった今の英語圏での刺し子の現状です。真摯に刺し子と向き合って楽しんでいる人が沢山いる中で、英語圏では真となる情報が少ないことを良いことに、より”売れる”為にSASHIKOを利用しているのが癪に障るんだとわかりました。日本語だと吃驚される程、僕が刺し子に寛容なのにも説明がつく。やっぱりどこかで大学院を検討する必要があるかもしれないね。そんな根性あるかな……（笑）。
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2021-08-29 10:59:46
特別な誰かになる為というのがわかりません。好きなだけでは成立しないのはわかりますが‥
Me gusta esta reflexión.
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You are already special. Creativity is just a way of expressing the awesome individual that you are.
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thank you
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I will need to read this several times. There is an element of I this in my approach. 🙏
I love hearing and reading your stories. My ability to create is enhanced by you. You are special.
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beautiful photography!
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Creating something feeds the soul. Slowing down and creating something with your hands makes endorphins in your brain that cause a feeling of pleasure and calm. This has been known for decades. But you have to find the right creative outlet st that you don’t do something that causes stress instead. People also like to have words to describe what they are doing so they choose from their available lexicons the word that most closely describes what they are doing. Whether they are doing it correctly or not. This is the way words are used. If a person is doing something that looks like Sashiko, that person is going to say they are doing Sashiko stitching because it is more accurate than to say they are embroidering, or stitching, or sewing, or any other term available. They may not have it exactly correct, but they are being creative in the way they no. Now someone else may point out that their technique is not true Sashiko and teach them something they don’t know and they will learn. In the meantime, it’s the way words work.