I put an important message in the QuiltCon 2024 lecture. Some time ago, I learne

I put an important message in the QuiltCon 2024 lecture. Some time ago, I learned that there are resources encouraging you to enjoy Imperfection in Sashiko & Boro. Please don’t follow the saying “Happy Imperfection” in Sashiko. It is perfectly fine to actually embrace the imperfection in the process of enjoying Sashiko, but don’t fool yourself by following someone saying “Happy Imperfection”. Saying [Embrace the Imperfection], they imply that there is “perfect” they cannot reach. In Sashiko, there is no such a thing as “Perfect” – as your Sashiko is already somewhat perfect as you are already somewhat “whole” by being yourself. It is great that we try to get better… yet by saying “better“, they imply there is “worse”. Based on what? Accuracy of stitching? Speed? None of them are the core of Sashiko.
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Don’t get me wrong. I also enjoy embracing the imperfection in my life, but not the way they describe. Sashiko is NOT a word to embrace someone’s imperfection. It is the opposite. It is a way to accept what you do & who you are. Don’t let others tell you that you aren’t perfect and celebrate something else.
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This may sound like a “self-improvement” book that we read in need of help. Well, I have to say this as I see too many people saying “My Sashiko isn’t good” or even “Atsushi’s Sashiko is somewhat intimidating”. They are the result of a misleading introduction of Sashiko in English saying Happy Imperfection. As long as one keeps saying [My Stitches aren’t the right size…] they won’t reach to the core of Sashiko. So, please, please do not follow someone’s superficial understanding of Sashiko, or worse – someone’s marketing which overpaint what Sashiko is.
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Sashiko by @na.na_45 さんの刺し子です
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本日の配信もありがとうございました。好き勝手なことを言っていますが、毒も吐いておりますが、冷静に問題の本質は突いていると思っています。自分に都合が悪いからといって、他の人を巻き込んでまで実体そのものを変えてしまう行為はとても悲しいことです。ただ、これが「日本の文化なのに日本人の声が届かない場所」で行われる場合は、悲しいとかではなく卑怯＆下劣な行為でしかありません。考えれば考える程、腹が立つし、どれだけ卑屈になったら気が済むのかと思ってしまいます。
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直接対峙するのも一つの方法ではありますが、同時に日本国内で刺し子の様々な楽しみ方を満喫している人を増やす方法が長期的にみて確固たるものになるのではと思っています。運針会の存在がとても大切になってきました。是非、運針を学んでみてください。刺し子にもう一つ世界が加わると思うので。
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2024-03-02 01:33:53

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