Autumn is always my favorite season: when I used to smoke (in College far away f

Autumn is always my favorite season: when I used to smoke (in College far away from home), the mixture of purple smoke from cigarettes & fresh cold air in the autumn morning brought me nostalgia. I wish I could enjoy this “not so cold yet fresh enough” autumn a bit longer before it goes to Cold Winter. Well, this morning was a bit too cold to enjoy it.
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My daughter underestimated the cold outside. While waiting for a ride, she took my scarf and put it on her. She doesn’t really know (& care) what I do for my life – Sashiko. However, she knows what I value & she sees hand-stitched items in her ordinary days – everyday. She wrapped a Scarf around her neck and posed for me. In my wish, this is how “Sashiko & Boro” are supposed to be – not behind the exhibition glass – in the ordinary.
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Many ask me if I teach her Sashiko. No, I don’t. I stitch in front of her all the time, so she knows what I am doing – but until the day I think she is ready, I wouldn’t start teaching her Sashiko. I suffered so much to be in the “force” to face Sashiko in my youth. I took so many detours to be here – I could have (and did) hate Sashiko and took a completely different route. For now, all I do is to share Sashiko Stories so someone here may be able to take over my path when I am gone – and my daughter may learn from you about what I did & tried to do. Sashiko and Boro – please try to learn them from someone who knows what they are talking about – instead of someone who offers the comfortable & convenient “answers” to you by saying this is “how to”. Sashiko and Boro are more than just “How to”.
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*I got her permission to post…
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10月。私が今住む街にもある程度の四季はあって、好きな季節の秋を短いながら楽しんでいます。秋が好きなのは、大学時代、まだ喫煙者だった頃、朝のキンと冷えた混じり気の無い空気と、当時好きだったキャメルのタバコの重たい紫煙を混ぜて一日を始めるのが好きだったからだろうと思います。短い秋のあと、すぐに冬になってしまう東海岸ですが、今朝は秋っぽく「寒くないと思ったけど、案外寒い」という朝でした。寒いとわかってりゃ準備して外出るのですが、秋は油断もするのです。一緒に油断した娘が「寒い！そのスカーフ頂戴！」と、ほんの少しだけ外にいただけなのですが、スカーフを首に。こんなボロボロの、ツギハギだらけのスカーフですが、特に躊躇いもなく。私がいつもいう「日常」とはこういうことなんだろうと思います。刺し子も襤褸も、やっぱり使ってもらって本来の価値が出るというか。もちろん、美術館に展示してある作品が間違っているとかダメとかという話ではなく、こういう「日常使いの刺し子」も残していきたいなと思うのですよ。（写真の投稿には娘の許可は得ています。もう7歳なのでね）
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2022-10-05 22:07:20

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