KINTSUGI

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DEC 10, 2020

Have you ever heard of Kintsugi? It's the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the broken parts with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum.

I only learned about it during art therapy through my grief centre. The way I interpret Kintsugi, is it's a way of appreciating the flaws or trauma and damage the pottery has endured. It's actually spotlighting those things, instead of hiding them.

Our society lives in such a toxic environment where everything needs to look and be perfect. Where we need to hide what society deems as flaws. Our traumas. Our pain and the damage it's caused. Why? Because it makes others uncomfortable? Because it's stigmatized as inappropriate to not openly share things like this?

I say fuck that.

I say let's start highlighting the things that make us vulnerable. Let's stop trying to disguise our "damage". Let's take it even further and be proud of our so called flaws. The damage to our souls through pain and trauma. Why should we celebrate it, because it's shaped us into who we are. We should be proud of whatever it is we've endured to make it to today, and not made to feel it should be hidden because it's "ugly".

It's A Wonderful LifeMeghan GerovacEmbrace Flaws, Trauma, Kintsugi, Grief, Depression, Anxiety, Mental Healthy, Mental Health, Toxicity, Toxic, Stigam, Stigmatized, Life, Real Life, Authentic, Authenticity, Authentic Living, Be True, Don't Hide Your Flaws, Open, Openess, Be Open, Don't Be Afraid, What Flaws, Life Unscripted, Real Life IssuesComment