Kintsugi Essay The dictionary definition of Kintsugi is, “the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum” but the form of art has a deeper meaning than just a way to fix broken pottery. The deeper meaning of Kintsugi is that it is also a metaphor about how our mistakes make us perfect and our imperfections make us beautiful. Kintsugi has been used for over 500 years and it is believed that Kintsugi may have originated when Japanese emperor Ashikaga Yoshimasa sent a damaged Chinese tea bowl back to China for repairs in the late 15th century. When the tea bowl was returned it was repaired with ugly metal staples this may have prompted Japanese craftsmen to look for a more aesthetically pleasing repair job. Kintsugi can be used on nearly anything that is …show more content…
My grandmother lost her mom when she was growing up. She told me that she got a lot of pity from people when really she just wanted to be treated normal instead she was being treated like she was fragile and broken. People didn’t realize that when they asked her how she was doing, all she wanted to do was go play and be treated like a normal kid. This connects to Kintsugi because when a piece of pottery is broken people think that it can’t be fixed; just like people thought my grandmother couldn’t or wouldn’t be fixed. Kintsugi makes broken pottery beautiful again and even more beautiful than it was before. Also, it was that imperfection, that brokenness by grandmother felt that what really made her a beautiful person. Since her mother died, she has lived her life to the fullest, because she knows firsthand that you don’t know when your time is up. Just because something is broken doesn’t mean that you should throw it away, you should try to fix it, because it can still become something beautiful once
...through and seen as a child, she really overcame the battles of the community as an artist gathering bits and pieces of memories from the trash just to make something out of it. But, to Saar it meant the world to her to have that doll that was repaired for her on Christmas. She really didn’t see it trash but as treasure in her eyes.
The following Jomon pot is made with the technique of coil which is when wedge clay is formed into a long roll and then one coil is on top of another that can form different desired shapes. The following Jomon pot had no sorts of glazing but it had its original clay that was the mixture that seemingly looked to be dark and light colors. The Jomon pottery brings a very interested feeling that may be the mixture of happiness and hard work, since the Jomon body has the vertical spirals and horizontal lines and the loops in the middle that is wave like patterns and is small which then opens into a swelling shoulder area. The following Jomon image shows the open loops in the swelling shoulder area which might resemble happiness in the person art work of creativity.
spite of her hardships, she is happy through her words and expressions in the poem.
Her children are her happiest memory: "Granny wished the old days were back again and the children young and everything to be done over" (2). Despite going through such hardships in raising her children, she wished to do it again; suggesting that despite her many injustices she did eventually find love, peace, and reason within her life. It had been difficult "but not too hard for her" (3)....
The speaker never had the chance to experience her as a human and therefore, she’ll always be the perfect love that is unmarred by human flaw.
While showing how brave and unselfish she was, she also showed that she was fragile and not as strong as she used to be. “A black dog with a lolling tongue came up out of the weeds by the ditch. She was meditating, and not ready, and when he came at her she only hit him a little with her cane. Over she went in the ditch, like a little puff of milkweed.” Even though she hit the dog only a little, it caused her to fall into a ditch. At last there came a flicker and then a flame of comprehension across her face, and she spoke. "My grandson. It was my memory had left me. There I sat and forgot why I made my long trip." This shows how her mind went blank, causing her to forget why she had made the journey.
These sets of lines express the frustrations of a mother who worked through a hard time, and is telling her son her story. She is telling her son this is the adversity she when through to become who she is today in spirit. ...
The author tells us that there is no telling the story of something without knowing the inside. Stories on the outside may not indeed be the reality that is within. The tone and imagery of this poem had a great importance in sending this message to her readers. The glory and doom of this woman would not be able to obtain without its intimate tones ranging from flaunting to embarrassment depiction's of this woman's melancholy. Her glory rose and fell as shortly as her inner spirit did.
The daughter alludes to an idea that her mother was also judged harshly and made to feel ashamed. By the daughters ability to see through her mothers flaws and recognize that she was as wounded as the child was, there is sense of freedom for both when the daughter find her true self. Line such as “your nightmare of weakness,” and I learned from you to define myself through your denials,” present the idea that the mother was never able to defeat those that held her captive or she denied her chance to break free. The daughter moments of personal epiphany is a victory with the mother because it breaks a chain of self-loathing or hatred. There is pride and love for the women they truly were and is to be celebrated for mother and daughter.
The poet tries to appreciate the people, who are always present when their friends and family are in need. She says that when people are in need of help, and/or suffering, all one needs to do is stick by their side, to give them courage to overcome their troubles.
The poem becomes personal on line 10 when she uses the first person and says “I lost my mother’s watch”. She is letting the reader know what she has lost in reality. Then she gets sidetracked to mention other things she has lost; she then mentions other things she has lost of much more importance such as houses, continents, realms, and cities, but then again mentions it was not so hard to lose those things. But in the end, mention the loss that really matters. She remembers the qualities of the lover she lost.
In modern society, Greek pottery is considered an art which is regarded as much for its aesthetic splendor as its historical significance. However, the role of pottery in ancient Greek culture was far more functional as its primary use was for the transportation and storage of such liquids as water and wine (Encyclopedia Britannica). Due to the durability of the fired clay material, Greek pottery is the only remaining art form that allows us to explore the evolution of this ancient culture. Through that examination, three distinct stylistic periods have been unveiled: Geometric, Orientalizing and Archaic. This analysis will detail these distinct periods as well as three design techniques prevalently used: black figure, red figure and white ground
... Therefore, instead of losing mental stability because of old memories, one should try to embrace sanity and perpetuate it in life. Moreover, the poem emulates society because people fantasize about looking a certain way and feeling a certain way; however, they are meddling with their natural beauty and sometimes end up looking worse than before. For instance, old men and women inject their faces to resemble those in their youth, but they worsen their mental and physical state by executing such actions. To conclude, one should embrace her appearance because aging is inevitable.
In this poem, the speaker tells of how to embrace life by needing the experience of melancholy to appreciate the true joy and beauty of life.
... else, at least through her father or uncle, but once she died, all of her titles, wealth, beauty and honor meant nothing. They are things that could not be carried with her in her death. The lines about her becoming a pile of dust also fit with the image of a soldier who has fallen in battle because she is a pile of dust, which “all the proud shall be”. Every proud soldier who dies what they believe in becomes a pile of dust just like the lady in the poem.