Gold in Broken places

Wabi-sabi

Gold in Broken places
http://lainie.typepad.com/redthread/2009/03/gold-in-the-broken-places.html


Beautiful images and explanation
http://ahazymoon.blogspot.com/2010/05/wabibito.html

Imperfect

Impermanent

and 

Incomplete

 

Nothing lasts

Nothing is finished

Nothing is perfect

 

My long series on bully's led me to many different sites.  From my studies, I decided that all narcissistics are bullies but not all bullies are narcissistic, but they probably all need counseling for one disorder or another.  With so much harm caused by bullies, I search for answers about healing.  One of the concepts I encountered was a Japanese tradition to mend a broken pot with gold, Wabi-sabi.  Healing the broken places with gold brings to mind a series that I shot with film called 'Imperfect Beauty.'  I still find such pictures where ever I go.  The beauty is the imperfection, not in spite of it.  I am imperfect, flawed, broken....accused of ugliness....but what if my accusers are wrong...what if instead, I heal the broken places with compassion, integrity, understanding, patience, kindness, love.  I was broken as broken as a human can be and still survive.  I healed so many places I felt a bit like a crazy quilt.  A crazy quilt is one of the most beautiful quilts I have ever seen.  This link describes the process of making a crazy quilt with some pictures to enjoy.  http://cqmagonline.com/vol06iss04/articles/742/index.shtml
For a larger image you can try this link:
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/images/sites/mnh/crazy_quilts/1922-122-15.jpg

Western quilters and Japanese artists glory in the fragments and mending them together. 

Fried in the blazing Sun - retains a delicate beauty that didn't exist before the damage was done.