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This is hilarious. Looks like kintsugi is medieval Japanese premium mediocre wabisabi signaling 🤣
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Replying to @vgr
I bought a kintsugi kit from Tokyu Hands in Tokyo and I want to say it’s overrated. The craft, not the attitude. I’m probably missing something nuanced here but it’s just epoxy joinery, followed by very elaborate gold-dusting.
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Yeah I didn’t want to say anything but there have been a rash of articles about “rediscovering the ancient Japanese art of X” lately that have been problematic (orientalism) and have also somehow sucked all the fun out of the original thing (eg forest bathing is a nice activity)
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