Well. I am back (somewhat recovered). I appreciate all of your warm comments for

Well. I am back (somewhat recovered). I appreciate all of your warm comments for the cancellation of Live Streaming. I apologize for the last minute decision & I hope I can offer it next week. Well. Usually, there are reasons when I become weak… I hope, one day, I can be freed from that weakness. Well. I probably should protect the “weakness” to preserve the Sashiko we practice… Well…
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Last 5 years or so, I have been speaking up the importance of “acknowledging/identifying the upstream” when one teaches about Cultural Practice (here Sashiko) to others, especially when the teacher doesn’t belong to the Culture. 7 years ago, no one on the Internet used the Palm Thimble with thumb & middle finger in Sashiko & its Unshin. Now, we can find so many videos “teaching” others how it should be done. Most of them do not clarify where they learned from – and often they say “I taught myself”. It is probably true that they learned without a specific teacher but by watching someone’s video… so, to make it more clear, I will keep asking “the upstream” more. Please let me know when/where you learned Sashiko’s Unshin? Youtube is just fine as we can narrow it down to the Upstream.
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I am NOT saying that I am the one who invented this Unshin. I do not own it, either. No one should own it. I believe there are many Japanese who practiced Sashiko with the same style (at least decades from my family Sashiko). However… I am probably the only one who has been sharing it online continuously. For that, pretty much all of the videos after 2018 “could” be a copy of what I shared. Copy is fine. I even encourage you to copy it. I just want to make sure the upstream to preserve the culture & avoid unfortunate Cultural Appropriation. I appreciate your help on this to clarify the root.
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むむむ〜。先日の日本語での配信で「争いを好まないから残る文化がある」として、刺し子が今まで残ってきた経緯をお話ししたのですが、もう良い加減そんなことも言ってられないかなぁと思ったり。先人への尊敬の念を表す為に、教室へ通えとは言わずとも（特定の先生から習うのが理想だけど）、少なくとも「どこから学んだか」くらいは明記する社会であって欲しいなぁと思うのです。それくらいに、中指と皿付き指貫での運針動画は増えました。2016年はゼロで、だからこそ100人以上の日本の方に運針会を受講頂けたわけですが。
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今では誰でもやってるので、私から運針を学ぶ必要性はないのかなとも思うのですが、同時に私しかお伝えできないこともあると思っています。おかげさまで引き続き興味を持って頂いていて、次回運針会を9/28の午前中にZoom越しで開催予定です。参加の興味を頂ける方はDM頂けると嬉しいです！
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2024-08-25 22:32:54

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