Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer mixed with gold.
The repair doesn’t hide the damage – it accentuates the fractures and makes them a focal point, creating a more interesting and potentially more valuable object than the original.
Part of the aesthetic of kintsugi is to acknowledge the damage and repair as a valuable part of the object’s history. It stems from the philosophy of wabi-sabi, seeing the beauty in ordinary things.
SEE
BBC looks at kintsugi as a metaphor for self-acceptance Kintsugi: Japan’s ancient art of embracing imperfection
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In much the same way that repair can be an act of creation, we must also consider creation as an act of repair SEE Repair to Create New Wholeness
