Kintsugi For the Soul
The art of healing has never been better explained than through the Japanese art of Kintsugi. Kintsugi (meaning "golden joinery") is the centuries-old Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending fractures with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum.
Some of the guiding philosophies of Kintsugi were Wabi-Sabi, the embracing of the beauty of things that are imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete and Mottainai, the feeling of regret over waste, encouraging the repair and second life of everyday objects.
In like manner, a good soul healer wastes nothing, recalls all that is lost to time and alchemises the unbearable to gold.
Learning to Breathe So a Printer Can Live
The day is piling on. There’s an issue with your printer and it’s pressing you. These copies need to be ready in 30 mins. Your brain is shutting down regardless of your need to take in information and you are reacting from panic. There isn’t enough oxygen in your body. Your tension has hit the roof. Regulation is gone. We are now begging for a miracle from the printer Gods. The gears grind and nothing happens, the next minute, another printer learns to fly.