English is below.

サステナブルは“基本”となった今、
求められているのは「意味のある美しさ」と「目覚めた感性」。
本エピソードでは、素材としての「麻」に込められたレジスタンス（抵抗）と、
その先にある“再生”の可能性について語ります。

大量生産の時代を越えて、私たちは何を選び、何とつながって生きていくのか──
素材が静かに語りかけてくるメッセージに耳を澄ませてください。

Sustainability is now expected.
What’s needed next is meaningful beauty, and an awakened sensibility.
This episode explores hemp as resistance — a quiet yet powerful force guiding us toward spiritual and cultural reconnection.
Beyond being eco-friendly, hemp invites us to reimagine how we live, feel, and create.

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Hello, this is HIROMI KIM.
In this podcast, I explore the relationship between art, materials, and space from the perspective of an artist.
The theme of Episode 10 is: "Hemp as Resistance."

Why speak about hemp now?
Because we are standing at the threshold of a new era — one where we must face the question of value.

🔥 When “sustainable” becomes the baseline
Recently, a well-known American entrepreneur said this:

“From now on, environmental responsibility will be a given. But without refined aesthetics, a premium sensibility,
and even a touch of the sensual, you will not move people’s hearts.”

Sustainability, on its own, is not enough.
It must be wrapped in beauty.
We have entered an era where recycled materials and eco-packaging alone can no longer define the value of a brand.

🧵 Hemp has it all
Hemp is exactly the material we need today:
Its kindness in returning to the earth, its overwhelming vitality,
its functional beauty in breathability and durability.

But it’s more than that.
It holds a beauty that carries spirit —
an energy that speaks to both the physical and the soulful.

Hemp is not just a fiber.
It is a form of resistance —
a quiet yet powerful “NO” to mass production and overconsumption,
to lifeless spaces,
to the forgotten senses of the body.

🌱 Materials ask us questions
A material is not simply something to be used.
It is a question — one that shakes our senses, our memories, and our inner voice.

“What do you truly value in life?”
“What intention exists in this space?”
“Is it connected to life itself?”

Every time I touch hemp, I feel these questions rising within me.

🔔 To work with hemp, we must first awaken
Here lies the challenge:
Many of us have not yet awakened.

What’s needed is not a surface-level trend,
but a deep shift in consciousness.
To truly work with the spirit of hemp,
we need the sensitivity — and the responsibility — to face it fully.

As someone who creates in art, space, and design,
I want to receive hemp not just as a “material,” but as a message.

💫 Toward the next era — a quiet revolution led by materials
In the next era, meaningful beauty will be the measure of value.
Not just environmental care,
but the integration of mind and body,
culture and nature —
this is what will create new richness.

Hemp can be that bridge.
In fact, it always has been.

That is why I feel:
Hemp is resistance.
And it is renewal.

A quiet revolution, beginning with a material.
Now is the time to listen to its voice.

🧘‍♀️
If today’s episode has brought you even a small “realization” or “question”
as you think about art, design, or space-making,
I would be truly happy.

In the next episode, we will continue this journey into “materials and spirit.”
Please follow or subscribe so you don’t miss it.

Thank you for listening until the end.
This was HIROMI KIM.