#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& #39;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">https://twitter.com/plibin/st...

To conclude: In purest form of wabi-sabi, Kintsugi doesn& #39;t attempt to hide flaws. Quite oppositely, it highlights them giving objects a new personality.

It& #39;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