Friday Feels Like: Kintsukuroi

Kintsukuroi, meaning “to repair with gold”, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer, which makes the final piece more beautiful and a greater work of art for having been broken. To break, mend and scar. All little reminders that we have adventured past our needs, taken risks and since then […]

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Kintsukuroi, meaning “to repair with gold”, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer, which makes the final piece more beautiful and a greater work of art for having been broken.

To break, mend and scar. All little reminders that we have adventured past our needs, taken risks and since then adapted. Those trails of “gold or silver lacquer” each holding their value in the stories they can share, the lessons they have learned and the memories they now hold.