1.0PAPERSKYhttps://papersky.jp/en/Akirahttps://papersky.jp/en/author/akira/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7LP6JJTAad"><a href="https://papersky.jp/en/life-is-keen-01/">Akiko Ishigaki</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://papersky.jp/en/life-is-keen-01/embed/#?secret=7LP6JJTAad" width="600" height="338" title="“Akiko Ishigaki” — PAPERSKY" data-secret="7LP6JJTAad" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://papersky.jp/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://papersky.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/230519_石垣昭子_506.jpg20001333Togetherness, Originality, Doing Good. These are the 3 mottos of LIFE IS KEEN. For yourself, for everyone else, and for this planet we traverse. If we can take just one step further than yesterday, we can change every day. We focus on the stories of people working in various fields with the common theme of enacting positive change in the world. Akiko Ishigaki is a dyeing and weaving artist based out of Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture. In 1980, she moved from her native Taketomi Island to Iriomote Island and established KUURU-KOUBOU  with her husband, Kinsei Ishigaki (passed away in 2022.) From the cultivation of yarn materials and dye plants to dyeing and weaving, she spends painstaking time and effort on her handiwork to give shape to her fabrics. Ishigaki, who is now 85 years old, says that she is now working on the culmination of her past works and is keenly mindful of what she can pass on to the younger generation.