I will be open-minded & honest to talk about the topic below on today’s Sashiko

I will be open-minded & honest to talk about the topic below on today’s Sashiko Live Streaming. Your help/support/input and answer to my wondering would be very much appreciated. I will be finishing this Furoshiki, too.
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I find “Cherry Picking (the action or practice of choosing and taking only the most beneficial or profitable items, opportunities, etc., from what is available.)” over the term “Cultural Appropriation”. Some say they are actually the same. Well… the issue is simple regardless how we name it. The word “Sashiko” has become a different term for someone who doesn’t know about the culture & practice. There are many non-Japanese who are knowledgeable & experienced in Sashiko, yet they are too humble to take action. Instead, those audacious ones who mix other words ignoring what they really are.
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Please educate me if anyone has an answer to my wondering. How can one be a “master (to teach something cultural with fees)” without speaking the local language, spending time with local people, and learning decades from someone who actually practiced it? Well. They can because there is the market for them – and I am very sad how ignorant people can be.
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Please don’t get me wrong. Anyone can & should enjoy Sashiko. Even teaching Sashiko is fine when they respect the upstream – where it comes from. I want YOU to enjoy Sashiko therefore I share so many stories. It is NOT just okay when one modifies it, simplifies it, mixes it… and destroys it without involving the origin. How can I change it? What can I do to prevent it besides asking the audience/learners to be more mindful & careful? It is impossible to make a living by doing Sashiko in Japan, and it seems the reason is English proficiency. The culture will be gone if we do not respect them. Please help me to change “something”. I will do anything to preserve the Origin.
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本日の配信、論理が通っているようで且つ言っていることは破茶滅茶という、自分らしい時間になったかと思います。お時間のある方はアーカイブでご覧頂けたら幸いです。最近、疲れが抜けず、あまり積極的に動けておりません。「何かあったの？」とご心配頂く際には「大丈夫だよー」と返事しているのですが、正直なところは「色々（継続して）ありすぎ」て混乱しているのが本音です。悪い想定の方に、想定通りに動いていくのを側から見るのは嫌なものです。なんとかしたいと思うのに何もできない。愚直に続けるしかない。いつかは報われると信じつつ。
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2024-08-16 00:20:34

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