Kintsugi Comments
I thought about Kintsugi this morning while looking in the mirror…feeling old…Kintsugi is the art of repairing cracks and breaks in pottery with lacquer dusted in silver, platinum…and gold.
The philosophy being those breaks and cracks are to be embraced…something everyone should see…a vital part of that pottery's essence…its past…its history.
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3. Old age is not something to be feared of or detested. We need to learn to celebrate it. So should we celebrate our own failures and shortcomings, and we need to mend breaks and cracks they caused…
2. The way we celebrate the cracks and breaks in the pottery, we need to learn to fill the cracks and breaks in our body and in our soul with gold, platinum and silver, thus celebrating the cracks and breaks.. (contd) …
Kintsugi" is a new word to me. You have explained the art form for our knowledge in very simple words. Dear poet, thank you. And your poem is wonderfully forthright..(contd)
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8/9/2025 6:19:56 PM # 1.0.0
Nice poem. Top score.