08/08/2025
The Japanese art of Kintsugi is a practice that repairs broken pottery with gold, highlighting rather than hiding the cracks.
We’re often taught to hide our pain.
To move on quickly.
To “get over it.”
But grief doesn’t work that way. Loss leaves a mark. It changes the shape of us. Sometimes we shatter.
But what if the goal isn’t to return to who we were?
What if healing is not about erasing the damage—but embracing it? What if our cracks can be traced with gold?
That’s the spirit of Kintsugi. The object doesn’t return to how it once was. It becomes something more precious for having been broken.
I wonder if that might be true with our hearts, as well?
