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Report : "Let's cultivate ourselves with IKEBANA to adapt to change in our life"(presented by SIED)

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Updated Dec. 15, 2021

We held "Let's cultivate ourselves with IKEBANA toadapt to change in our life" via an online application
on Sunday, December 5th. This event was cosponsored by the Kyoto Management Study Groupand SIED from the Office of International Students. Inaddition to our local and international students,
working people also participated in this event.

At this meeting, we invited Dr. HAMASAKI Eiko, who
has developed a program that combines flower
arrangement and psychology and is active in solvingsocial problems, as a lecturer for a lecture and aworkshop. In the lecture, Dr. HAMASAKI talked about
her past experiences and current activities. We wereable to learn about the artistry of flower arrangement
and its influence on the mind and body, and various
meanings and significance from her own activities andexperiences.

After the lecture, two types of group work wereconducted. The first group work was self-introduction
and work introduction by the participants. Prior to themeeting, participants were asked to freely arrange thefallen leaves they collected and submit an image ofthe arrangement in advance. Then, on the day of theevent, they introduced themselves while showing their works to everyone. The arrangement of the fallen leaves
varied depending on each participant, and the individuality could also be seen there. The variety of the works
was far beyond our imagination, and it made us feel like we have once again touched on the complexity of thehuman mind.

In the second group work, we talked about what we were having trouble with, such as our personality and habit,
and we shared our efforts to improve them. A participant commented: "Even if it seems to be a weakness, it canturn to an advantage if you change your perspective". We learned that this aspect is associated with thespirituality of flower arrangement, which is that "what seems useless at first glance is all actually valuable", andwere fascinated with another part of the charm of flower arrangement, not only the beauty of the appearance.

Even we, the event organizers were able to understand the new charm and power of flower arrangement, so
this event should have become a good opportunity for the participants to reflect on themselves through flower
arrangement, too. In addition, after the workshop, we held a social gathering, which was working people, local
students, and international students were able to talk about various topics. It was a valuable opportunity thathttps://ois.doshisha.ac.jp/en/news/2021/1215/news-detail-951.html

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was a bit different from the usual interactions between students, and even in this interaction, we were able tolearn about the diversity of perspectives due to differences in views and experiences.

SIED will continue to hold various events in the future. We sincerely look forward to your participation!

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