Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! Learning the art of Japanese tea ceremony often means learning a bunch more related arts, for instance, the art of wearing kimono. You might not think kimono wearing is all that complicated a thing… but you’d be wrong. It involves a lot of knot tying as well as little details that are easy to miss if you don’t quite know what you are doing.
The novice kimono wearer’s best friend is a koshihimo, which
is a length of long skinny fabric. It’s name means waist belt, but you use it
whenever or wherever you need a part of your kimono or obi secured either for when
you’re trying to keep one part still while you deal with another bit of fabric,
or to keep things held down the whole time you are wearing your kimono.
Koshihimo can be pretty, but they aren’t intended to be seen. Think of them more
as ‘kimono support’, either hidden away or untied and removed completely once
the main knots are in place.
So for today, I’d like you to think about things that act
like a koshihimo—things meant only as a temporary or hidden support. Show off
your newly created word offerings for this prompt by dropping your link below.
Poetry and prose are welcome, as is fiction or non-fiction. Just be sure to
keep it to 369 words or fewer if you opt for prose and only one entry per person
please.
Wrapping the kimono is to be learned as is tying a man's necktie. I haven't worn one since I don't remember when and if I did I generally would wear a clip on. But I still could tie one. Hide the aids or the hurts that induced you to write. I think, but I will be your worst.
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Clip on obi bows are a thing. LOL, I kind of want to get one.
DeleteWhoever says/thinks that kimono wearing is anything but a beautiful, ritualistic, and difficult art is nuts. I just spent about 30 minutes lost in koshihimo links. And that's just the belt string! The whole process feels like meditating.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Rommy love, thanks a million for creating a prompt that let me rant about my hatred of bras, lol!
Happy readings, everyone.
There's definitely the sense of turning oneself into living art, and as you know, good art takes time.
DeleteROTFL, I lost some good tea laughing when I saw the way you chose to take the prompt. Bloody clever.
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DeleteThanks, Rommy. Fascinating to learn about the finer points of kimono wearing! And it made for an interesting prompt. After writing two verses of my longish poem, I thought it was so weird and messy I should abandon it and start something else. But when I finally got back to it, it was insistent, so I had to follow where it led. You know those writings where you learn something about yourself by the time you're done?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it when that happens!
DeleteThis is an interesting prompt. I will have to think about it.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of when I went to Japan and got to wear a real, fancy kimono. 2 or 3 women had to help me get dressed in it correctly!
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