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Kintsugi invites us to make a pause.
Ten years ago, we made a short film about the art of Kintsugi in Tokyo and Kyoto. When I first learned about Kintsugi, I discovered that the repaired cups often need to be left in a wooden cabinet to allow the glue to set and for the repair to become strong fully. This process can take some time.
Kintsugi: Scars of Gold – A short Poem
Scars shape us
They ask us to accept ourselves
Scars connect us
They lead us to our inner being
They tell a unique story
They are part of our journey
Scars are precious
Scars heal – us
Living with our scars is living our lives
Mieko Kamiya – The Mother of IKIGAI
For us, Mieko Kamiya is a heroine. In Japan and beyond, however, she has remained largely unknown. This is also true of her work in the middle of the last century. Yet she laid the foundations of ikigai research and ikigai psychology.