Tag: Beauty in broken
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Beyond Brokenness (Part 2)
I was fascinated by the Japanese art called kintsugi, an old art of fixing broken pottery using dusted gold, silver, or platinum. This emphasizes the fractures and breaks rather than hiding and disguising them. People even say that repaired pottery becomes more beautiful than the original, giving it a new life and a new form.…
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Beyond Brokenness (Part 1)
Brokenness is such a familiar word to many of us. Maybe you’ve been broken because of your family, friends, people around, unmet expectations in life, depressing situations, and the like. The world even makes us broken in so many ways. Sometimes it makes us feel bitter and resentful. Perhaps some people have become callous with…
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Finding Beauty in Brokenness
As my feet touched the cold water mildly coming back and forth, I could not help but felt a sudden sigh of relief. It’s weird, but I like the beach because of the water. It is not that I want to swim or wallow, but I love to gaze on the seemingly wide and never-ending…
