My journey into visible inspiration was strongly inspired by Kintsugi, the art of repairing ceramics and porcelain with lacquer mixed with precious metals. Finding beauty in the simple and broken comes from the Japanese philosophy, or way of life, wabi-sabi.
In the West, wabi-sabi has become a term primarily used to describe an aesthetic, but it goes much deeper than that. In this book, Beth Kempton writes about the history behind wabi-sabi and helps us see it in a broader, more holistic perspective.
This book is not about repair, but it is largely about the values one learns through repair, or values and ways of seeing the world that can help us learn to appreciate the simple, the authentic, the down-to-earth, change, development, and decay.
If you want to learn more about this way of thinking and living, and get help to open your eyes to beauty in many more forms than the perfectionism we so often strive for, then this is a book I can recommend.
About the author:
Beth Kempton is a Japan expert who has lived, worked, and experienced over 50 countries, including Japan, which she considers her second home. She holds a master's degree in Japanese and has studied Japanese crafts and culture for several years, working to convey what she learns in a way that we can try to understand from our Western context. She has won awards for her work as an entrepreneur and author, and her works have been translated into 24 languages.