Kintsugi

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Hand-drawn art by Rupali Bhuva
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“किन्त्सुगी” द्वारा स्तेफ्फानो कोर्नेज्ज़ी
जब भी कोई प्याला, चाय तश्तरी या बेशकीमती गमला गिरता है और हजारों टुकड़ों में टूट जाता है, हम उसे क्रोध में, पछतावे पूर्ण तरीके से, फेंक देते हैं| फिर भी एक जापानी प्रक्रिया है, जो टूटी हुई वस्तु को और महत्वपूर्ण बना देती है और उस टूटने को उजागर करते हुए, उस खंडित वस्तु की कीमत और मूल्य बढ़ा देती है | उसे जापानी में “ किन्त्सुगी“ या “कित्सुकोरै” कहते हैं जिसका शाब्दिक अर्थ है, स्वर्णिम मरम्मत |
इस प्राचीन जापानी परंपरा में एक मूल्यवान धातु : पिघला स्वर्ण, पिघली चांदी या अन्य पदार्थ जिसमे स्वर्ण भस्म मिला दी गई हो , को टूटे हुए बर्तन को जोड़ने में प्रयोग में लिया जाता है और साथ ही उसका मूल्य बढ़ जाता है |यह तकनीक बिखरे हुए टुकड़े जोड़ के, उन्हें एक नया , शुद्ध रूप प्रदान करती है|प्रर्येक मरम्मत की हुई वस्तु, अनोखा रूप ले लेती है, क्योंकि चीनी मिट्टी के बर्तन एक अजीब, अनियमित, रूप से टूटते हैं, और एक असामान्य आकृति निकल के आती है, जो इन धातुओं के मिश्रण से और अच्छी उभर के आती है|
इस तकनीक के सहारे , यह मुमकिन है कि हर बार एक नए एवं अलग रूप रेखा की कृतियाँ उभर केआयें , जिनकी अपनी कहानी है एवं अपनी ही सुन्दरता है| और इसके लिए धन्यवाद् उन अनोखी दरारों को है, जो किसी वस्तु के टूटने से बन जाती हैं, मानो वे कोई जख्म हैं, जिन्होंने हमारे ऊपर विभिन्न प्रकार के अलग अलग निशान छोड़ दिए हों|
यहाँ तक के आज भी , बड़े एवं अत्यंत परिशोधित चीनी मिट्टी के बर्तनों को, “किन्त्सुगी” तकनीक से सही करने में, लगभग एक महिना तक लग सकता क्योंकि कई पायदानें होती हैं, और उन्हें सूखने में भी वक़्त लगता है|
यह “किन्त्सुगी “ तकनीक बहुत से तथ्य सुझाव में देती है | हमें टूटी हुई वस्तुएं नहीं चाहिए|कोई वस्तु अगर टूट जाती है तो उसका ये मायने नहीं है कि अब उसकी कोई जरूरत नहीं रही | उसके टूटे हुए जोड़ भी मूल्यवान हो सकते हैं| हमें हर टूटी चीज़ की मरम्मत करनी चाहिए, क्योंकि यह करने से कई बार हमें अधिक मूल्यवान वस्तु प्राप्त हो जाती है|
ये ही हमारे लचीलेपन वाले स्वभाव का सार है|हम में से प्रत्येक को,अपने जख्मे देने वाली घटनाओं को, सकारात्मक रूप से देखने की आवश्यकता है, अपने नकारात्मक अनुभवों से सीख लेने की आवश्यकता है, उनमे से, सबसे जरूरी, तथ्य ग्रहण करने की आवश्यकता है, और अपने आपको कायल करने की आवश्यता है कि ये ही वो अनुभव हैं जो प्रत्येक मनुष्य को अनोखा एवं मूल्यवान बनाते हैं|
मनन के लिए मूल प्रश्न: आपको “किन्त्सुगी “ क्या सुझाव देती है| क्या आप उस समय की एक निजी कहानी साझा कर सकते हैं, जब आपने किसी नकारात्मक अनुभव के जख्म के निशान में, में, ख़ूबसूरती देखी हो? आपको यह देखने में किस चीज़ से सहायता मिलती है कि, जीवन के जख्मों के निशान , उसकी ख़ूबसूरती को ख़राब नहीं करते, बल्कि उसके ही अभिन्न अंग हैं|
Seed Questions for Reflection

What does kintsugi suggest to you? Can you share a personal story of a time you saw beauty in the scar from a healed negative experience? What helps you see your life's scars, not as a disturbance of its beauty, but an integral part of it?

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Marsha Hildebrand
Nov 24, 2021
Absolutely beautiful and true.
NK
Nov 23, 2021
Like most arts of the ancient and their tradition, I have always felt their real essence is deeper than the visuals or the aesthetics. Deeper sometimes are the scars and impressions in one's consciousness that over time percolates to the sub consciousness level and becomes the basis of all decisions and actions. Saint Kabir gave the example of a weaver and the potential flaws in the weave that leave a touch of being human. So have many in their creation of art as well. The best and the most effective tool that a human carries is also shown by nature - empathy and compassion. In the healing of a broken branch of a tree, in the recovery of a shock felt by a plant or an animal, it has always been nature's subtle but steady care and compassion. Sometimes it is the wind, sometimes the tender drops of rain and other times a human hand and music of nature that has helped heal. When we as human make discussion of unseen scars and impressions as taboo and send them down a spiral, what ... View full comment
VC
Nov 23, 2021
My deepest desire was to be a 'bowl' that was without breaks. I saw that as 'whole' and so I tried for most of my life to hide my imperfections, brokenness and pretend I wasn't broken.It was painful and because I was/am broken and I could never, no matter how hard I tried, unbreak the bowl. When I saw the beauty of the mended bowls I felt my heart open. I felt a deep love and compassion arise as I looked deeply at the beauty created from the breaks. They were so interesting and I loved them. Sue Cochrane, a beloved being, had written a piece on Kintsugi before she died. She had three examples in her story. One with a simple break filled with gold, another with a small piece missing with gold filling in the gap and a third with big pieces of the original bowl gone altogether. The third bowl had to have the gold plus other pieces of random china put in to fill the space. That is the one I most relate to. And interestingly enough, the one I find most beautiful............ View full comment
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Gururaj Nov 25, 2021
'Own' my (broken, fragile, imperfect) bowl.
That's a fine evocative way of putting it. And is'nt that force in you which has emerged to 'own' all that - the gold itself ?
PA
Nov 23, 2021
kintsugi is great spiritual truth
JA
Nov 23, 2021
All my scars are beautiful!As I Am pieced back together I cherish the lesson each fracture taught to renew, restore and recover my wholeness . Kintsugi(Golden repair)
RK
Nov 23, 2021
Often it is the reflective light of the scars that another being sees and is drawn to, identifies with, and can find solace in when we focus on rising up from the brokenness. It has been my experience this happens over and over again in my current profession of high school teacher, and is the main reason I continue to show up.
JO
Jo Nov 26, 2021
Please do! We all have scars. We all are broken. God gives us each other to assure, love and hold each other up! Amen to "your showing up"! Thankful for you, am I!
US
Nov 23, 2021
Understanding the concept of impermanence and to celebrate it by recreating has beena way of being. My mom used to recreate beautiful cushions, table covers, mattresses, tapestry from old clothes. We learnt from her to reuse, recreate and renew the broken , torn and withered stuff. I took this concept to my workplace in reducing the wastage using the slogan. I love how it has been given a name "theart of Kingsugi". Things happen in life, leave alone materials,hearts break, but to learn to celebrate is something we can learn from this art and to know that every event, every creation is beautiful, it is what we make out of it. I use this practice of converting everything in your heart to love and this is what I see Kintsugito be.
DD
David Doane Nov 23, 2021
What a wonderful lesson you learned from your mom and then expanded into your living. .
DD
Nov 20, 2021
Kintsugisuggests to me that damage isn't the end, and a valuable new reintegration and new beginning is possible. I was cheated out of significant money by an employer years ago. The beauty in the scar from the greatly healed negative experience is my growth, my increased awareness of my participation and any victim's participation in victimization, and my increased compassion for the apparent wrongdoer. It has also taught me to not give up, there's a way to reap positive from a problem,realize opportunity in a problem. Hemingway said we are sometimes stronger at the broken places -- we are sometimes also more valuable and beautiful. What helps me see my life's scars as an integral part of beauty is knowing that shit happens -- that's life, that's part of the whole, and my challenge is to deal constructively with difficulties and wounds and make them be an integral part of my growth.
JA
Jazzy Nov 22, 2021
Thank you!
JP
Nov 19, 2021
We all break precious items and we may feel anger, hurt, regret and despair. We create scars in us and in others. How do we deal with the broken parts of ourselves? Do we boil with anger or accept the scars and heal them? Do we hold on to the scars or let them go? I like to work on the wounds with a kind, compassionate and creative approach. I learn from the broken bowl of life. I repair it, protect it, and restore its wholeness. Dreams of life get broken. Relationships get broken. I believe in restoring it with loving and kind awareness. Suffering opens the door of healing. During my relatively long life my bowl of life has been broken. My heart has been wounded. I wentthrough a depressive cycle. I felthopeless. The tender touch of my mother's loving hands brought life back to my life. Enkindled the light of hope. Helped me bounce back to the path of hope and lifted me from the pit of despair and misery. I leaned the power of resilience. Life is like a web with different colors an... View full comment