Kintsugi: Embrace Your Imperfections and Find Happiness - the Japanese Way

ISBN-10: 1529366836
ISBN-13: 9781529366839
Category: Aesthetics, Japanese
Pages: 288
Language: English
Published: 2021-05-27
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Author: Tomás Navarro

Description

Japanese Kintsugi masters delicately patch up broken ceramics with gold adhesive, leaving the restoration clearly visible to others. Psychologist Tomás Navarro believes that we should approach our lives with the same philosophy.

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Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair
- 2023-03-07
- 133 pages
- Ebook
- Tuttle Publishing
Kintsugi: The Poetic Mend
- 2021-02-18
- 176 pages
- Paperback
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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- 2019-11-05
- 280 pages
- Ebook
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