when we see a broken cup, the same thought crosses most of our minds: it won't be the same as before anymore. more often than not, we even toss it in the trash and replace it with a new one. yet in japanese culture there's an art called kintsugi, one that's lived on for centuries, that gives breaking an entirely different meaning. in this traditional repair technique, which emerged about six hundred years ago, the pieces of broken ceramic are joined back together with a natural resin called urushi, and the cracks are made prominent with gold, silver, or platinum dust. kintsugi, which means "to join with gold," isn't just a method of repair but also a deep life philosophy that changes the wa…
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