Kintsugi, the art of mending broken pottery, was born in 16th century Japan. After an attendant of the warlord Hideyoshi clumsily dropped a precious piece of teaware, a tea master named Rikyu interposed. Rikyu first sung a poem which softened Hideyoshi’s heart, then artfully repaired the broken vessel using gold-gilded lacquer. Beauty out of brokenness. […]