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.

We are all beautifully broken.

We all deserve love.

We are all worthy.

Published by Ryan Williamson

Ryan Williamson is a former US Army Cavalry Scout living in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of numerous short stories and the novel “The Widow’s Son,” a top 10 seller in Western Horror Fiction. In 2015 his short story “Little Mouse” received an Honorable Mention from the Writers of the Future contest. Ryan enjoys coffee, motorcycles, cowboy guns, and long walks with coffee.

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