Kintsugi in A to Z

It’s April of 2024 and Day 11 of the A to Z challenge. This year I am doing the theme of ‘26 Moments’ on my blog. I plan to pull out A to Z parts from diverse set which are more than just the parts and possibly describe the world of their own.  It can be a wonder, an invention, a community, the philosophy, a thought, a lead, a culture, a design, or basically anything that would make one wonder and ponder on.  26 imperfect petite flashes that are amongst and around us.

My everyday will have a selection, description, an eight line poem followed by an interpretation.

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Day 11: Kintsugi

Kintsugi is a Japanese word meaning golden joinery or golden repair. It is an art of repair. The idea behind Kintsugi is celebrations of imperfects. It treats damage as a part of history rather than something that needs to be hidden. A broken pottery is mended in the areas of breakage using powdered gold, silver or platinum. It marks symbolism to embrace the flaws and imperfections and wear the scars with pride. It depicts that broken things can be beautiful too. Isn’t that a most-fulfilling way to see life? The philosophy of Kintsugi is to rebuild and relive the broken, even more beautiful.

Image Reference: By Daderot – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45589849

Poem:
In the time lapse,
Tangled and torn,
Broken and stolen,
Scattered and searching.
In the treasure box,
In the golden threads,
All of our priceless,
Shining glued pieces.

Are we hunting for a treasure box or are we creating one? Either ways, growing over the mistakes is glittering way of seeing life.