SONOMA, Calif. (KGO) -- In her Sonoma home, artist Maki Aizawa holds a broken plate. "When something breaks, we tend to throw it away," she said. "But we don't have to throw it away and don't have to ...

Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese art where broken pottery is repaired with gold lacquer. The artwork transforms broken objects into beautiful masterpieces. Kintsugi symbolizes embracing beauty in ...

Guy Keulemans is a researcher at the University of New South Wales Art & Design. The research discussed in this article has received funding from Hotel Hotel, the Molonglo Group, the ACT Government ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. The “golden repair” mindset encourages us to see failure as a chance to grow—a ...

In our 20s and 30s, there can be immense pressure to measure up to the expectations of society, our families, our friends and even those we have for ourselves. Many people look back and feel ...

The Japanese concept of Kintsugi is, at a deep level, similar to our idea of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good—but it goes a little further. Kintsugi is the art of repairing broken ...