Kintsugi (金継ぎ) is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum.
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway
As a philosophy, Kintsugi treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
Mr. Williamson is a former US Army Cavalry Scout residing in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of numerous short stories, the Top 10 Western Horror bestselling novel “The Widow's Son,” and the serialized military science fiction novel “Destroying Angel” (exclusively on Kindle Vella). His short story “Little Mouse” received an Honorable Mention from the Writers of the Future contest. He enjoys coffee, motorcycles, cowboy guns, and referring to himself as Mr. Williamson
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