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Why Japanese artisans fill cracks with gold
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Nothing screams 'I have too much disposable income' quite like filling the cracks of a shattered cereal bowl with precious metals. Instead of throwing away damaged ceramics, the Japanese art of Kintsugi glues them back together using lacquer dusted with powdered gold, deliberately highlighting the damage because perfection is apparently painfully boring.
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