★★★★☆ お坊さんでありながらメイクアップアーティストであるユニークで強い使命感を持った人物。仏教とメイク、一見無関係な2つのことが同じ目的を持っていて、それこそが彼のミッション。

★★★★☆  Make-up is to enhance the beauty, not to hide behind it, and Buddhism is to find truth, by being true. So his purposes are not as contradictory. Such a unique person, a person with a mission.
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🔽 基本情報 🔽
This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are
Kodo Nishimura, 2022
(ハイヒールを履いた僧侶) 
西村宏堂
224 ページ
2022.09 読了

🔽🔽 読書記録 🔽🔽
お坊さんでありながらメイクアップアーティストであるユニークな人物。
ユニークで強い使命感を持った人物。

若い人にとって大きな励みになる自己啓発の本、ゲイであろうがなかろうが、根本的なメッセージは変わらない。
自分に自信を持って、誇りを持って。

メイクアップは自分の美をより強めるものであり、その裏に隠れるためのものではない。
そして仏教は真実を追求するものである。
そういう見方で考えると、一見無関係な2つのことが同じ目的を持っていて、それこそが彼の目的、ミッション。

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This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are

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★★★★☆  Make-up is to enhance the beauty, not to hide behind it, and Buddhism is to find truth, by being true. So his purposes are not as contradictory. Such a unique person, a person with a mission.

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This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are
Kodo Nishimura, 2022
224 pages
Read in 2022.09


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Such a unique person, a person with a mission.
Saw him on Netflix and love the fact that he is a monk and a make-up artist, at the same time, with the same purposes - though they seem completely the opposite, they are not.

This book would be a perfect self-help book for a young person who is struggling to find true self, (whether they are gay or not, I'm not gay and this is inspiring) and his message is clear; be proud. 

Make-up is there to enhance the beauty, not to hide behind it, and Buddhism is there to find truth, by being true. So his purposes are not as contradictory as it might seem.

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