I remembered the Japanese tradition of mending broken pottery cracks with gold, a concept that shows us that there is more beauty in the things cracked and repaired than even the original. The ragged lines are sealed with glittering gold, not to hide them but to showcase them, not with shame, but highlighting its new life. And on a practical level, making ceramics in ancient ways with your hands meant it took months to process. What does it teach us about our value system?

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