What Is Kintsugi?

Today I would like to introduce the concept of Kintsugi.
Today I would like to talk about the beauty in our flaws. When we experience something difficult like heartbreak or a failed business venture our reaction is often is to see ourselves as broken, cracked or flawed, and we’re conditioned to think that when something is broken it has less value, so our instinct is to ignore or coverup our hurt. But what if we shift our perception. What if we viewed our flaws with appreciation, even seeing them as beautiful.

There is a wonderful Japanese art form where the artists mend broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer. It’s called Kintsugi , which translates as golden joinery.

When a teacup ☕️ breaks or a vase 🏺 cracks Kintsugi embraces the brokenness. The pieces are meticulously mended back together highlighting the cracks instead of hiding them. Brilliant gold now holds the pottery together resulting in a beautiful unique piece that can never be reproduced. So rather than trying to erase the hurt, the past relationship, or cover up mistakes in a past venture why not approach our brokenness with a sense of reverence. Mending pieces of ourselves with delicate filaments of gold. The next time you feel broken remember the art of Kintsugi. Hold your grief with tenderness, your mistakes with forgiveness, and your frustration with patience. Honor the scrapes and scraps, the chips and cracks of your experience.

As Leonard Cohen once said “ There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
Please share with us below how you are honoring yourself and how you are celebrating your triumphs
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