Kintsugi has a long history in Japanese culture, dating back to the 15th century. It is a practice that embodies the spirit of wabi-sabi, which celebrates the beauty of things that are imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. By embracing the imperfections and repairing broken objects with gold, kintsugi transforms them into something new and beautiful, with a unique story and character. It is a reminder that our imperfections and challenges can be transformed into something beautiful and valuable. In a world that often celebrates perfection and uniformity, kintsugi offers a different perspective, one that embraces diversity, resilience, and the beauty of imperfection.

Through the art of golden repair, we can learn to value and celebrate our own imperfections and those of others. We can see the beauty in brokenness and the potential for transformation and growth. Whether it is a broken object or a broken heart, kintsugi teaches us that there is beauty in the process of repair and that our scars and flaws can be transformed into something precious and valuable

Being Broken

It falls. It smashes. Broken.
Pieces shift from what they once were.

Fragments to be easily discarded. Shattered and jagged ends which lie now, in place of what was there before; a “perfect whole”.

These pieces of something – you can throw them away.

Or you can pick them up, hold them tenderly in the palm of your hand and forge anew.

“The wound is the place where the light enters you”
Rumi

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
Ernest Hemingway