English follows... 参加作家紹介：岸田加奈子 『藍染めのブローチ』 「5メートル続けるうちにようやく手が動くようになった！」とは1枚目の写真「蜘蛛入り柳絞り」について教えてくれたときの話です。...
Life Wisdom
Tracing Back the Thread of Gratitude: Yoko Ichikawa
English follows... 参加作家紹介：市川洋子 『絹と染め』...
Embodying Your Work, Work Embodying You: Rumi W. Bauman
English follows... 宗廣佳子の仕事展 参加作家紹介：ルミ W. バウマン 『陶』 幾度も繰り返された動作は、洗練されて、迷いなくて、見ていてどこも引っかかりがない。自在鉤を動かすルミさんの手元を見ていて思った。...
Life Is a Losing Game
Life is a losing game, if you count the number. However, knowing the “one” rewards all the losses in the past, life may be more than what you can count.
Portraying The Mingei Life Stories
Defining Mingei …? #1 #Mingei ... the Japanese Folk Crafts Movement from 100 years ago. It encouraged artisans to pride in their craft; it taught people to cherish what they already have. The philosophy very much relevant and refreshing today. Among all the...
I Want to See What You’re Seeing.
Takahiro Yagi at work
Tea Is the Hardware.
And We Do Not Want to Die Without Knowing the Hardware… Do We? Have you been invited to a Tea gathering? If yes, you may have noticed the wet surface of stoned pavement leading up to the entrance. Uchimizu is the act of sprinkling water outside. In a Tea setting, it...
Do Samu
When None of Your Tools Work Yoga, jogging, walking, meditating, or breath working; when none of that works, Do samu. Samu can be anything to maintain the household... or templehold. When I used to live in a zen temple of a Rinzai sect, most of the day was dedicated...
1 Out of 100 Is the Reality.
And It’s a Good One. Shortly after releasing Wisdom Toolkit to the world, I was already in my head, stuck in my endless cluttering chatter. “Even my friends are not responding to my writing, who’s going to read these?” “My writing is not good. That’s why it’s...