Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum to showcase the beauty of its age and damage rather than hiding it. The Japanese recognize beauty in damage and repair and identify that healing becomes a part of the history of an object, not something to disguise, be ashamed of, or hide.

I strongly believe that this is also a powerful presentation of human life. This age-old philosophy can help you navigate the modern-day struggles of striving for perfection- in possessions, relationships, achievements, all of which often leads to stress, anxiety, depression and hasty judgment. In a time of perfectly curated social media feeds, countless ads for new and better products, so many ways to look more beautiful, how can we be satisfied with what we have if we are always wanting what is unattainable?