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Though Suho was taking a break from school at the moment, he was still an art major. He had spent hours standing before canvases, holding brushes and pencils while lost in thought. So much time had been spent mixing paints to create a particular color, molding clay into pottery, and contemplating the meaning behind various works.
All those hours sometimes gave him a unique perspective. At this very moment, Suho found himself recalling a class presentation he had once given about a Japanese pottery restoration technique—kintsugi.
Nothing was perfect. The process of breaking, shattering, and cracking was a part of life. It was art.
“The technique kintsugi, or “connecting with gold,” is a Japanese method of repairing broken pottery. The pieces are connected with lacquer, and gold powder is applied along the seams.”
“Does the technique have a philosophical meaning?” his professor had asked.
Suho had flipped to the next slide of his presentation.
“Kintsugi is not a simple method of repairing an object. It goes beyond that. It proudly shows a flaw rather than hiding it, and accepts flaws as a part of something’s beauty. From that, we as humans can learn to accept the injuries and flaws that...
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