When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandise the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.
Barbara Bloom
The imagery of this quote fills me with delight – taking something that could have been ugly if permitted, and turning it into something of beauty. How often do we attempt to hide the cracks we perceive within ourselves, when in fact they can add to our beauty through the experience we gain in those difficult times?
Do you accept your cracks and allow them to form you, or do you attempt to hide, and therefore ignore, the beauty you may acquire?
