“Bam” a noise from the kitchen
With a jolt and the heart beating fast, I got up from the couch a bit perplexed. I gathered some courage and headed towards the thud. And there it was: a roll of paper towel unrolled on the ground had cushioned the hasty fall of a plate hanged on the wall. The plate just splintered a little, but the imperfection made it less likeable. And yet, “I care a lot about it” I then told myself.
There, I understood the extraordinary accidentality of the moment I was in: while the plate was falling to the ground, I was reading the Japanese art of Kintsugi.
scattered pieces
Kintsugi (Kin = gold and tsugi = repair) is the Japanese art that turns damaged objects into artworks. This extremely ancient technique goes back to the fifteenth century, when the cultural movement inspired to the zen philosophy arrived in Japan.
The Kintsugi legend tells that, during a tea ceremonial, General Ashikaga Yoshimasa’s cup broke. Wanting to keep the beauty of the object intact, the general asked to his craftsmen to repair it. They joined the pieces with resin and golden powder, making the cracks stand out and the cup more precious.
The “objects’ renessaince” through the Japanese art of Kintsugi is part of the wider Buddhist vision of Wabi-Sabi, that welcomes us to accept object transitoriness and the beauty of imperfection. Kintsugi, in fact, gives a new structure to the broken objects, confers value to fragility and turns scars into artworks.
Beauty grows from imperfections, strength from fragility.
sparkling gold
Kintsugi recalls suggestive images connected to life. A broken object does not have to be thrown away, life does not end when something breaks, on the contrary, it creates something new, strong and worthy.
This purpose is the basis of our resilience, our ability to face and overcome a traumatic event, just as I told you in this article, when a painful event led me to want my life to be a wonderful journey.
Softly, Kintsugi teaches us to live while showing our scars without shame, to accept and respect our wounds, to put back together those fractures in the soul in order to value ourselves as unique and precious people.
And just like that, our scars turn into beauty to show
P.S.: The plate is back on the wall with its imperfections – always above the paper towel, just to be safe.
Santini, C., (2018). Kintsugi – Finding strength in imperfections. Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Navarro, T. (2019). Kintsugi – The Japanese art of embracing the imperfect and loving your flaws. Sounds True.
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Viaggiare è un elogio alla diversità.
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Le differenze fanno paura e viaggiare insegna ad avvicinarci, a conoscere quei timori, a scoprire che quelle differenze non sono poi così pericolose, bensì fonte di confronto e di crescita.
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Perché quando viaggiamo siamo noi “i diversi“: ci ritroviamo immersi in un altro Mondo fatto di altri colori, altri comportamenti, altre regole, altre lingue, altri abiti. E ci ritroviamo ad ascoltare le nostre paure, ad affrontare quelle differenze, a cercare di comprendere quella diversità.
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Perché solo quando la nostra visione si scontra con quella di un’altra persona possiamo accorgerci di quanto il nostro modo di pensare e di vivere sia limitato e specifico ad un piccolo contesto.
Tanto piccolo.
Mentre il Mondo è grande.
Tanto grande.
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Penso che dovremmo praticare la diversità ogni giorno 🌏
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