Filling in your fractures with gold

frank October 30, 2018 at 17:29 5625 views 16 comments

This is a Japanese thing: fixing broken pottery with gold. Some people would even break their dishes on purpose to have this treatment done so they could bring the beauty of the failed, fractured, but enduring into their homes.

The pure, unbroken cup has it own beauty, but in a human, this appearance of innocence is likely wishful thinking, or a lie. Instead of hiding the breaks behind a facade, this aesthetic says: bring it out into the light and see that your fractures are your uniqueness. You're something that has never been and will never be again once you're gone.

Comments (16)

Shawn October 30, 2018 at 17:33 #223448 0 likes

Reply to frank

I can see the relation to your profile avatar. Yet, we are never idealized in terms of being broken goods. Only monsters say that.

frank October 30, 2018 at 17:39 #223450 0 likes

Reply to Posty McPostface Idealized? The cups are in use.

I am a monster, btw.

Shawn October 30, 2018 at 17:41 #223451 0 likes

Quoting frank

Idealized? The cups are in use.

I am a monster, btw.

I meant to say that presenting humans as imperfect goods or broken goods is a strange and warped POV. I'm not sure if you're professing that here.

People learn, grow, and change. That we can be broken down and rebuilt is the fantasy of would-be dictators and such folk.

frank October 30, 2018 at 17:45 #223452 0 likes

Reply to Posty McPostface Ok.

unenlightened October 30, 2018 at 17:55 #223455 0 likes

The Judao-Christian tradition...
Quoting Posty McPostface

... is a strange and warped POV.

Shawn October 30, 2018 at 17:56 #223456 0 likes

Quoting unenlightened

The Judao-Christian tradition...

Oh heavens. Not that. We don't need any more martyrdom.

praxis October 30, 2018 at 19:14 #223470 0 likes

[quote=Leonard Cohen]There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in [/quote]

Hanover October 30, 2018 at 20:01 #223482 0 likes

Some broken things can't be fixed, like Humpty Dumpty.

Shawn October 30, 2018 at 20:23 #223486 0 likes

Reply to Hanover

And have your whole identity based on a single defect? No thanks,

frank October 30, 2018 at 20:46 #223498 0 likes

Leonard Cohen:There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in

:heart:

frank October 30, 2018 at 20:47 #223500 0 likes

Quoting Hanover

Some broken things can't be fixed, like Humpty Dumpty.

They brought in a bunch of horses to fix a broken egg.

Hanover October 30, 2018 at 21:47 #223528 0 likes

Reply to frank Well all the king's men tried too.

frank October 30, 2018 at 22:14 #223545 0 likes

Reply to Hanover Most of Humpty was stuck in the horse's hooves at that point.

Hanover October 31, 2018 at 01:37 #223615 0 likes

Reply to frank The Humpty Dumpty lyrics don't actually indicate he's an egg. I think the rhyme really refers to a man who took too great a risk and could not recover from his failure dispite assistance from the most powerful.

Hanover October 31, 2018 at 01:41 #223616 0 likes

Quoting Posty McPostface

And have your whole identity based on a single defect? No thanks,

An understandable reply based on my prior callous comments, but here not warranted. Humpty didn't have a single defect. He fell and fucked himself up from here to Sunday, not even his royal highness being able to patch his ass up.

Nancy38 February 10, 2021 at 22:40 #498513 0 likes

Very nice! I love precious metals. I recently decided to purchase a 10oz silver bar and have thoroughly research the market for expensive metals. I decided to opt for the 10oz silver bar because I think this is a good investment.