The art of repair and reshaping
Kintsugi is the act of repairing broken pottery with gold . The act of honoring, embracing, and celebrating the misfortunes, accidents, and struggles of life. It is a state of Zen that Siddhartha found by the end of the book and one we discussed in a harkness discussion in class. As mentioned in class, it seems that to find enlightenment or inner peace, one must go through suffering. In order to find what he sought, Siddhartha had to suffer the loss of his son. Consequently, he realized that by letting go of his son he had let him grow into his own journey of grief were he would find his own enlightenment , ultimately turning a bitter detachment into a moment of learning. This is the moment Siddhartha turned his fragmented father-son relationship into a new masterpiece of hope , embracing the situation as what it was-improvement. Suffering seems to come with a sense of peace even in stories like Across the Spider-verse. Much like Sid...