Today's Lesson - On KINTSUGI or how to turn your brokenness into gold
Kintsugi is japanese art technique of fixing broken things (mostly pottery) with special lacquer mixed with gold, silver or platinum. This oriental techinque is also known as Kintsukuroi or Golden repair it's tradition goes back to 15th century. For me, as I'm no Harry Potter this was an important life lesson.
Kintsugi gives broken pieces their life back: a new, different - and even more beautiful - one. From their brokeness, Kintsugi gives them a chance to be born again - and even if they are broken, right there, on that spot, on that specific place and under specific circumstances - Kintsugi techinque gives them a chance to become more beautiful and powerful. And to be born again. Kind of like reincarnation.
Are we still talking about pottery? ;)
And why, nowdays, we forget this - very important - lesson?
Greek philosopher Heraclitus knew that thousands years ago: Only constant thing is the change. Then why are we so afraid of that change? Why are we embarrassed of our broken pieces?
Kintsugi means taking care and developing very special relation to brokenness, to what couldn't remain the same in the shape that it once was and then it change. It got repaired. Kintsugi is an opportunity to start a new chapter, new life phase, start process of self growth and start again. It is not just art for fixing pottery, it is an art of fixing ourselves.
Kintsugi art 3
All people have skelentons in their closets... By trying to bury them deeper and deeper, all you bury is your chance for happiness, by my humble opinion. Facing your true self is not an easy thing to do, but - in the end - it is the only right thing to do. And by embracing your brokenness, you give yourself wings to take you on the next level. Where air is clearer and the sun is brighter.
I feel, daily, that I am myself in a way in a Kintsugi phase of life - gluing my broken pieces and giving them a new life. Understanding when and why some things got broken and why old methods of holding things together didn't work for me any longer. I remembered that line that also showed me a big ray of light: Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.
When you keep your eyes opened, you see messages on every corner you walk by
Embrace your brokenness and make it your greatest strength!
With love,
Matejka
Great work and a fantastic choice of words
@abdul1234 Thank you, my friend! :)
Oops! I'm a gold bar now!
You always make me laugh :D
stay golden
Always and forever <3
I had never heard about Kintsugi before, thanks to you I have learned sthg new today! :-) Have a good weekend!
I’m so happy to hear that 😺😺😺
Lessons come when the timing is right ;)
Btw, guess what I’ll be (finally) doing tonight?
oooooh cooool :-D I can smell the pop-corn (or any substitute you use when watching movies) from here ^^
Hihihi! Pasta time! You know me 😎
Yummy! 😋
amazing post , never now about this art befor, thanks for sharing wish you all the best, following you to enjoy more of your posts.
Thank you so much 💞
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It gave me lots of inspiration about how to keep going on my way. Thank you very much for such a nice motivation. PS: I think in my grandmothers house there is a piece that is made by this technique and till now I didn't even know about how and why it is made like this. I will check the next time I'll go.
I’m very happy and flattered to inspire you! Check that piece and let me know :) And take care of your granny - they say person is still a child when he has grandmas alive. Take care :)