I had heard of that Japanese process before, I just didn’t know it was called kintsugi. It’s a beautiful process, and he did a great job on your mortar and pestle. We definitely live in a disposable society, and that also includes things like marriage, not just material things. Granted, if someone is in danger in a relationship they should get out, but all too often so many aren’t willing to put forth any effort to repair their relationships. My own marriage suffered this fate in 2012, and not of my choosing.
Another problem that goes with this disposable approach is the need for instant gratification. In these days of get it right this second, so many of our younger generations don’t understand that to achieve the things your parents have takes time, and work and sacrifice. Sometimes I long for the days of my youth in the 70’s when things were much simpler.
Thanks so much, Renee, and I'm very sorry to hear of that past heartbreak. Anthony and I are each other's second marital partners, so we, too, have that loss of love in our pasts. While we're much happier and better suited to each other than those previous partners, I do think you have a point about the work needed for any successful relationship. Anthony and I actually both went overboard in staying in our marriages years too long, hanging in there to try to make them work, but that way we know we really did give it everything we had. I'm not sure that's true for all divorces.
You might be right about the younger generation not wanting to make sacrifices, put in the time, and work hard. I've seen some of that, for sure. But with the empire waning, the economy faltering, and the US dollar and hegemony losing power, it's also true that people are earning less and less relative to the cost of living. Anthony and I have both worked exceptionally hard all our lives, taking in fact few vacations, and though our parents both retired by their mid-50s with pensions, we are not able to do the same. Kintsugi for us isn't just an aesthetic; it's an answer to shrinking resources.
I can relate. I often look back on my days in the 1970s with both nostalgia and a feeling of dread. I fear that that was the last decade where we could have set the ship on a safer course. But we refused to face reality.
Very nice, thanks. I haven{t the talent to beautifully fix a piece of pottery like that. But I have fixed a lot of cars and appliances, saved a lot of money and kept a lot of stuff out of the landfill. Here’s a tip that might help.
If you ever see a washer and a dryer out at the curb for trash collection, take them home with you. Both appliances never fail at the same time; one of them broke, the people want a matched set so they threw them both away. One of them still works perfectly.
Even better, they might both work fine. Somebody just wanted new appliances. Or one might be easily repairable.
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Glad you like it!
I had heard of that Japanese process before, I just didn’t know it was called kintsugi. It’s a beautiful process, and he did a great job on your mortar and pestle. We definitely live in a disposable society, and that also includes things like marriage, not just material things. Granted, if someone is in danger in a relationship they should get out, but all too often so many aren’t willing to put forth any effort to repair their relationships. My own marriage suffered this fate in 2012, and not of my choosing.
Another problem that goes with this disposable approach is the need for instant gratification. In these days of get it right this second, so many of our younger generations don’t understand that to achieve the things your parents have takes time, and work and sacrifice. Sometimes I long for the days of my youth in the 70’s when things were much simpler.
Thanks so much, Renee, and I'm very sorry to hear of that past heartbreak. Anthony and I are each other's second marital partners, so we, too, have that loss of love in our pasts. While we're much happier and better suited to each other than those previous partners, I do think you have a point about the work needed for any successful relationship. Anthony and I actually both went overboard in staying in our marriages years too long, hanging in there to try to make them work, but that way we know we really did give it everything we had. I'm not sure that's true for all divorces.
You might be right about the younger generation not wanting to make sacrifices, put in the time, and work hard. I've seen some of that, for sure. But with the empire waning, the economy faltering, and the US dollar and hegemony losing power, it's also true that people are earning less and less relative to the cost of living. Anthony and I have both worked exceptionally hard all our lives, taking in fact few vacations, and though our parents both retired by their mid-50s with pensions, we are not able to do the same. Kintsugi for us isn't just an aesthetic; it's an answer to shrinking resources.
Well said.
I can relate. I often look back on my days in the 1970s with both nostalgia and a feeling of dread. I fear that that was the last decade where we could have set the ship on a safer course. But we refused to face reality.
Very nice, thanks. I haven{t the talent to beautifully fix a piece of pottery like that. But I have fixed a lot of cars and appliances, saved a lot of money and kept a lot of stuff out of the landfill. Here’s a tip that might help.
If you ever see a washer and a dryer out at the curb for trash collection, take them home with you. Both appliances never fail at the same time; one of them broke, the people want a matched set so they threw them both away. One of them still works perfectly.
Even better, they might both work fine. Somebody just wanted new appliances. Or one might be easily repairable.
That's genius! I wonder if there are other "match set" items that thiw applies to?
Probably so. And lots of single items too, I’m sure. Many others can be very easily repaired. Nice job on the pestle Anthony. Or is that the mortise?
Thanks! The mortar is the bowl and the pestle (pistle? See, I'm not even sure) is the grinder.