"Nothing is ever truly broken". That is the philosophy behind the ancient Japanese Arts of Kintsugi, which repairs smashed pottery by using beautiful seams of gold. This practice started way, way back in the 15th Century when Japanese Military Commander Ashikaga Yoshimasa accidentally broke one of his favorite Chinese tea pot.
(picture taken from BBC Arts Get Creative)
Because he loves so much the tea pot, Commander Yoshimasa went to repair shop to get it fixed.But he was dismay over the result. From then on, Japanese Craftsmen come up with more pleasing method of repair.
As you can see it from the illustration above and because of the treatment and application being applied no trace of evidence that it was formerly broken into pieces.
I wish that this method of fixing broken teapots either made of glass or ceramic can also be applied in our relationship once it was broken into pieces.
Carrie Jones, Entice said;"You know, life fractures us all into little pieces. It harms us, but it's how we glue those fractures back together that makes us stronger."
He sounds realistic. Fixing life fractures is not easy at all. Experience will tell us how difficult it is. There are times that we almost lost our sanity. But thank God, we survived!
Yes, it made us even more stronger. But the traces of scars is always there because what has been broken is broken.
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