[You aren’t alone in this] – I am very thankful to many supportive, understanding & encouraging reactions to my message in “Cultural Appropriation/Sustainability (C/A)”. If you can learn something here, that’s great! If you feel pain in a similar situation, you aren’t alone. Of course, though, I get shitty reactions. It is the nature of the Internet – people only read what they want to read. For them, they look for answers to validate their beliefs, not to learn something new. I know what I see visually is tip of the iceberg of indifference (ignorance), but if I were to summarize it, they belabor my message as “over-reacting”.
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Another extreme analogy. You know Japanese Sushi in general is NOT the same as “Sushi” we can get in the US. I have never seen “spicy tuna roll with colorful sauce” in a traditional Japanese Sushi bar. Some may consider it as “C/A”. The others don’t. I understand both sides, and I am still learning. What is happening in Sashiko isn’t even this… In both Sushi bars, the chef should know the difference of Sushi & the basic skill like fileting fish – the basic respect to Sushi as “professional”. You go to Sushi Class. You should learn how to prepare Sashimi with fileting along with other basics. Using “spicy sauce” is a choice after that basic skill. You cook for your family? Then, sure, no problem getting “fileted fish” by WholeFoods. However, when one teaches you how to purchase a prepared fish by store “without knowing how to filet”, and call themselves “master”, the Sushi “culture” becomes sadly different.
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Unfortunately, that’s what I see in Sashiko introduced in English. Sashiko isn’t someone’s property, it is more like identity – and it has been changed by a lot of “ignorance” and “indifference” – and it is very painful to me (and others). That’s the reason to speak up. I don’t think it is over-reacting in any means.
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例として、日本と米国のお寿司の違いを良くお話しします。巻き寿司を油で揚げるとか、発光色のソースがかかっているとか、寿司の定義はそれぞれで、全てが悪だとは思いません。ただ、どんな寿司にしろ、お金を頂いて教える立場の人は魚は三枚におろせて欲しいのです。お寿司を本格的に学ぶ講座の「魚の準備」の箇所が、「スーパーに切り身を買いに行くって」寂しいじゃないですか。
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2022-10-26 21:05:20
自分がどの立場かによって、心構えは変わるのだと思います。1人、もしくは仲間内で楽しむのであれば、知らなかったり自己流でもいいと思います。でも、教える側になるのであれば、最低限の基礎や基本の部分は、自分でできるようにしておきたいと、私は思います。だから、余計に教える側には踏み出せないでいます💦
Beautiful
This is a wonderful analogy. There’s a difference but it’s hard to explain
Amazing work. I watch you on YouTube as well. I do have a quibble with you, craft can be Art (with a capital) when the level surpasses the purpose. I would consider your work Art. My poor efforts craft. Traditional embroidery in the west is mostly considered a craft because it was done by women and decorated clothing. Now, it can also be considered as Art. The same thing is happening with quilts, yet another traditonal women’s pursuit. When you think about it painting and sculpture is also a craft that has be learnt and it the person doing it, that rises it above a craft to Art. Certainly in the west, I think that what defined ‘art’ was the gender of the person creating it.
I love the way you explain yourself, overreact, shm-overreact. Everyone has the right to explain themselves without fear of judgement or retribution. Or so it should be anyway… An eloquent analogy.
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Beautiful. 👏😍
🙌 🔥 😍 It’s about respect for the knowledge and experience in gaining some mastery.
Love your dedication to your work and the cultural perspective but you must be frustrated and exhausted.