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.
It’s still not the same. Maybe it’s something more beautiful. But it’s not the fact that it broke that makes it beautiful. It’s the work put into it. It’s the fact that people made the effort to salvage it, because it was worth salvaging, because it was important enough to salvage. It’s the care that makes the beauty.
An apology can’t always fix what has been broken. That doesn’t mean it’s not irreparable, sometimes you can go on to rebuild and repair. But it won’t ever be the same as it was again.
I really appreciate this addition because I’ve always hated the “more beautiful for having been broken” thing. Being broken sucks and I hate all those tragic romantic sensitivities that try to make it what it’s not. These pieces are beautiful because they’re repaired with effort put in to making them shine.
I KNOW “PURE” AND “INNOCENT” TEND TO BE INFANTILIZING TERMS, WHICH I FIND UNFORTUNATE. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE USED TO BRUSH SOMEONE ASIDE TO “PROTECT” THEM.
BUT I DO NOT THINK IT HAS TO BE BAD. I LIKE TO SEE IT AS SOMEONE WHO IS PURE IN THEIR BELIEFS AND INNOCENT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LET ADVERSARY TAKE THEM DOWN. GROWING UP SHOULD NOT MEAN BECOMING COLD AND NEGATIVE.
BUT PAPYRUSES ARE STILL VERY STRONG.
Oh i can get that. Sorry if i, uh. Sorta twisted what you wanted to get at with that one post then.
OH, IT IS FINE. THE POST ITSELF COULD HAVE MEANT IT THE WRONG WAY… I LIKE TO REBLOG THOSE FOR MY SON, BECAUSE I THINK HE IS ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
I KNOW “PURE” AND “INNOCENT” TEND TO BE INFANTILIZING TERMS, WHICH I FIND UNFORTUNATE. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE USED TO BRUSH SOMEONE ASIDE TO “PROTECT” THEM.
BUT I DO NOT THINK IT HAS TO BE BAD. I LIKE TO SEE IT AS SOMEONE WHO IS PURE IN THEIR BELIEFS AND INNOCENT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LET ADVERSARY TAKE THEM DOWN. GROWING UP SHOULD NOT MEAN BECOMING COLD AND NEGATIVE.
W. D. GASTER 