While I say there are no rules in Sashiko, some try to enforce the “Right and Wr

While I say there are no rules in Sashiko, some try to enforce the “Right and Wrong” in Sashiko. Don’t get me wrong. I do have rules in Sashiko to make it better, but I do not force it. I just share it as one “Right (and Wrong)”. The essence of “Rules” isn’t the exclusion, or worse – domination, I hope. People made “rules” so that someone following with respect can repeat “it” with less difficulties. I believe, I would like to believe, there is “pray” underneath the “rules”, and therefore I do not say there are no rules to enforce (control) in Sashiko.
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It is similar to law. We get greatly benefited by a law‐abiding society. Without law, we wouldn’t sustain our ordinary. However, I do not believe that law exists (primarily) for punishment. People wished to live in peace, and therefore, they put their hope into the Law. Law and Rules are important, and it is often easy to follow rather than think about. However (therefore), I want you to be mindful of what you are doing when you “tell others” the rules of your foreign culture. There are Japanese people who wish for better days, behind the word Sashiko. Do you feel them behind the rules? Whose rules are you following?
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米国移住以降あまり読めていませんが、漫画が大好きです。キングダムの一節、「法の本質は願い」という力強い言葉は、今でもはっきりと覚えています。刺し子をする中で沢山の「ルール（決まり）」を耳にしてきました。自分自身にも決まりを課していた時期もあります。ただ、決まりとは何かという本質と向き合った時、それは他を排除する目的のものではなく、きっと続く人達に同じ轍を踏んでほしくないという願いが根本にあったのではと思うのです。
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勿論、「決まり」を設定する上で、規則性は高まり純度も上がります。守るためには大切な基礎で、だからこそ厳しさを感じることもあると思います。ただ、刺し子のような日常に則した針仕事の中で、人はきっと「祈り」を託した上でのルールを作ったのでは……と思うのです。勿論、これは「美しい面だけ」を見た上での話なのですが、綺麗な所もしっかり見れるようになった……という成長分だけ、また自分と向き合いたいなと思っています。
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2022-03-12 20:38:07

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