In ancient times, kintsugi craft was applied to simple housewares using lacquer dusted with gold, silver or platinum. Recovered pottery was appreciated as works of art, while their “scars” were seen as precious “landscapes” rather than flaws.
Kintsugi can relate to the Japanese philosophy of “no mind” (mushin) which encompasses the concepts of non-attachment, acceptance of change and fate as aspects of human life.
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