seeing the tears of asian elderly people

absolutely crushes me.

I have never seen either my grandma or great grandma cry. It takes a lot to make them crack.

people have been romanticizing the idea of kintsugi- yes it is considered a beautiful form of Japanese art where broken pieces of pottery are put together with gold. It is a symbol of hope that even when you are broken, you can be made strong and whole again.

But I think people forget that you have to be broken first in order to practice kintsugi. I think they forget the part about how it is painful to be broken before it is made “beautiful, art”.

Clay and humans are not the same.

I think we are beautiful and strong on our own… please do not break us.