#Philosophy #Motivation #Kintsugi
Sharing a small thread on a Japanese Philosophy concept that I am reading from book Ichigo Ichie

Kintsugi: Radical example of wabi-sabi - teaches beauty in imperfection. Seen as metaphor for life where we accumulate wounds and losses.

Like a delicate piece of porcelain, human heart can be damaged, but concealing the damage out of shame is not solution. Damage is part of our history.

Kintsugi / Kintsukuroi is the Japanese art of repairing ceramics with mix of lacquer and powdered gold

There is a story that broken ceramics were repaired by ancient chinese methods of stapling, but left the crevices as is. A shogun realises it has different personality and asks the craftsmen to filll the cracks with noblest possible material.

That's how kintsugi was born, where Ceramics are repaired with gold and gold lines between the cracks give the ceramics a new aesthetic.

Phil Libin (co-founder of Evernote) had his mug restored through Kintsugi as below: https://twitter.com/plibin/status/889663312434155520

To conclude: In purest form of wabi-sabi, Kintsugi doesn't attempt to hide flaws. Quite oppositely, it highlights them giving objects a new personality.

It's all about facing the challenges thrown at us from life..

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@ProfMKay Sir .. you may already know about this or may be interested... hence tagging