More Beautiful After Being Broken
What this trite imagery misses out on is the fact that kintsukuroi requires a lot of work to repair a piece like that. It takes a lot of time, a lot of effort, a great deal of investment. Sometimes parts of the original are damaged beyond repair, and you have to instead painstakingly create entirely new ones.  Itâs still not the same. Maybe itâs something more beautiful. But itâs not the fact that it broke that makes it beautiful. Itâs the work put into it. Itâs the fact that people made the effort to salvage it, because it was worth salvaging, because it was important enough to salvage.   Itâs the care that makes the beauty.  An apology canât always fix what has been broken. That doesnât mean itâs not irreparable, sometimes you can go on to rebuild and repair. But it wonât ever be the same as it was again. Â
I really appreciate this addition because Iâve always hated the âmore beautiful for having been brokenâ thing. Being broken sucks and I hate all those tragic romantic sensitivities that try to make it what itâs not. These pieces are beautiful because theyâre repaired with effort put in to making them shine.

















