I love Ikebana. I started learning since I graduate from college. It was for a preparatio for marriage. Learning tea ceremony was also for a preparation for a young lady when my mother was young. For my generation those were no more so popular as before.
For me it’s natural to learn Ikebana for me. Frtunatele I have met a wonderful teacher . Until I moved to the States I had went to her home and practiced Ikebana flowre arranegment once a week for about 26 years until I moved to the U.S.
She is a teahcer but she had learned form her teacher who has longer experience. Most od Ikebana teahcers keep learning form their longer-experienced teacher. We call parent teacher.
Learning Ikebana doesn’t mean just learning sskills or techunique. We can learn how to thiknk and live. A teacher ia teaching a life too. That’s why Ikebana is called Kado. Ka means flowers. Do means a way.
Through lessons and concersations we can learn how to live and what is Ikebana about. A teacher can teach more than Ikebana itself. My teacher have taught a life too. That’s why in many Japanese art teacher keep learning from a parent teacher until the end of life . It’s is very important from whom we learn. At the same time it’s important to respect a teacher as a person. Ikebana is life long learning.
