Good morning! It’s Friday, and our tour of Japan has landed us on the doorstep of a particularly forgiving word: kintsugi. As a practice, kintsugi (which means “golden joinery” or “golden repair”) involves mending broken pottery with a lacquer to which a dusting of gold, silver, or platinum has been added. The whole point is that the cracks aren’t concealed, they’re repaired in a way that helps them become a visible part of that object’s history.
I love this philosophy that honors the history and past. I agree that, as a philosophy, it can be applied much more widely than to the mending of pottery. The mending of knitting and other garments, yes. But also to the “mending” of people, as well.
Instead of giving up and criticizing my lack of skill because I can’t do a perfect, invisible repair. Just repair to keep using for its purpose. Brilliant.
I was recently introduced to this mending . It sounds like magic!
I love this philosophy that honors the history and past. I agree that, as a philosophy, it can be applied much more widely than to the mending of pottery. The mending of knitting and other garments, yes. But also to the “mending” of people, as well.
Instead of giving up and criticizing my lack of skill because I can’t do a perfect, invisible repair. Just repair to keep using for its purpose. Brilliant.
Good one!!
Golden repair, kintsugi—a life line to hold on to. Thanks, Clara.
I love this so much!!
Love this, scars not forever making something or someone damaged, just part of the history. Thank you Clara💖😌
Scars are a roadmap to our past and a guide to our future
Love this as I just mended my cashmere cardigan sleeve for the second time. Why do moths love cashmere? So yummy?
Because they always have the most excellent taste!
It is a beautiful belief and shows that our mistakes and disappointments can be shown as mended and don’t need to be hidden.
This is beautiful- love this belief, this philosophy.
What a beautiful way to look at scars!!
Beautiful, and as Louise Penny said, "Things are strongest where they are broken."
Love Louise Penny!