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When I speak up, I try my best to be “reasonable”. “Reasonable” here indicates b

atsushijp, 2023年8月28日

When I speak up, I try my best to be “reasonable”. “Reasonable” here indicates being “logical” so that we can be on the same page in sharing stories regardless of the fundamental difference we have. Therefore, I ask here to read as many posts as possible here. The logic is a vehicle to deliver the message.
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However, what motivates me to speak up is “Emotion”. I sometimes wish to be just emotional to “preserve” the Sashiko we practice. As I mentioned above, though, it won’t be “reasonable” because some “Emotions” may be too different from what is “normal” in English. Therefore, I let myself be more emotional in Japanese. In the very bottom of what I am trying to speak up, I want to let the world know this smile. The photo is of my mother, Keiko, who loves Sashiko & has devoted her entire life to Sashiko. I have/had so many Sashiko Artisans like her who were proud of their Sashiko. In today’s trend, the Sashiko we/they practice is NOT introduced well. The books, Website, Videos, Lectures, Classes offered by non-Japanese people… are not mentioning our/their Sashiko clearly. Their smile & Sashiko would have been buried in history if I weren’t speaking up. It is “their/our” choice to be buried in history, to be honest. However, now, as I say they wish to preserve their Sashiko, not mentioning the Sashiko we practice is an action of “eracing” the culture, not just being buried.
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I have reasons to speak up – I stitch for many reasons. I call the reasons, “Sashiko Story”.
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今週末の9/1~9/3の日程で、岐阜県の鵜飼で有名な河原町に恵子さんがお邪魔します。和歌山でご縁を頂いた、@kajiyamachi_blue (鍛冶屋町ブルー)様の企画の一つとして簡単な刺し子のワークショップを開催させて頂くことになりました。このアカウントで時にご紹介する刺し子の作品も持っていくとのことなので、実際の刺し子と、実際の恵子さんにお会いしに岐阜の河原町に足を運んで頂けたら嬉しいです。ワークショップの詳細やご予約は、画像のメールアドレスから直接恵子さんにご連絡下さいませ。
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「様々な刺し子があっていい」と言いながら、どうしてもこのアカウントでは私等の刺し子のイメージばかりが先行してしまいます。恵子さんの作品は、画像にしてしまうと、どうも堅苦しくなってしまうのです。ただ、実際に刺し子を見て頂くと、また恵子さんと実際にお話頂くと、いかに刺し子が気楽なものか、楽しさを追求していいものか、そして自由なものかが実感頂けると思います。写真は東京月島での展示会&オフ会の時の写真ですが、この場所で恵子さんとお会い下さった皆様から頂いたお言葉で、私の思いや恵子さんへの理解は間違っていないんだろうなと自信を持ってご紹介するようにしています。「刺し子ってなんだろう?」という疑問への直接的な答えは持っていませんが、恵子さんと話し、また刺し子を実際に見て頂くことで、刺し子への考え方が広がって、結果的に「刺し子とは?」という疑問への間接的な答えになれば嬉しいです。
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2023-08-28 10:08:09




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Comments (11)

  1. marisol intriago says:
    2023年8月28日 at 1:24 AM

    Love to read you❤️

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  2. Martha Ross says:
    2023年8月28日 at 2:06 AM

    👏👏👏

    Reply
  3. Karen Stone བདུད་འདུལ་མ། says:
    2023年8月28日 at 3:05 AM

    Beautiful smile 😊✨❤️

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  4. Arlene Travnik says:
    2023年8月28日 at 3:43 AM

    ❤️

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  5. Thread Wave Craft says:
    2023年8月28日 at 7:29 AM

    I understand your emotions.”we” tend to simplify and generalise things for the purpose of capitalism. It happens with most things in Spai, which is flamenco. If you ask anyone about Spain, it is what they would say. As our history has been over simplify. Forgetting to mention our rich traditions, our roots, and fail to celebrate the differences between North, South and everything in between

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  6. Ann Booth says:
    2023年8月28日 at 7:57 AM

    Such a beautiful smile! ❤️ So many wonderful cultural traditions have been lost and I appreciate that you treasure yours and share you emotions in Sashiko Story. ❤️

    Reply
  7. Dia says:
    2023年8月28日 at 9:28 AM

    I live in Japan. Recently, my husband’s shirt tore so I wanted to mend it using sashiko. I was frankly disappointed that at the fabric store(手芸屋さん) they only had sashiko things for embroiding pretty handkerchiefs and such, not for real mending. I feel like in Japan the avarage person also doesn’t know much about real sashiko.

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  8. Córdoba Paola Nancy says:
    2023年8月28日 at 11:26 AM

    👏👏😍😍😍

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  9. 中道克代 says:
    2023年8月28日 at 11:35 AM

    素敵な笑顔…から素敵な刺し子が😊😊😊

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  10. Anonymous says:
    2023年8月28日 at 3:15 PM

    Your mom is so pretty.

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  11. Dina Varpahovsky says:
    2023年8月29日 at 8:17 AM

    Atsushiせんせい, please could tell me the name of the pattern that your mum is wearing? I have always loved but can’t find it in books… ありがとうございます

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