Wishing everyone a happy and positive mental health awareness day. Those that have been affected celebrate your unique beauty and strength. ‘One in Four' Kintsugi’s celebration of the broken lends itself as the perfect vehicle to explore and revaluate our attitudes towards mental illness. One in four people experience mental health issues within their life time. Those that have experienced mental trauma and even those around them often go to great lengths to hide, disguise or ignore the symptoms and effects of their experience. Although we are starting to see a slow but positive shift, discussing mental health remains a social taboo, admitting to suffering from mental health issues still carries the stigma of weakness and remains the elephant in the room. Kintsugi philosophy embraces the flawed or imperfect and celebrates the broken. The gold lines synonymous with the Kintsugi technique are indicators that the object has been broken but has been taken through a process of healing and repair. Repairs are not hidden but are illuminated, celebrating the trauma, the healing, the cracks and scars. Kintsugi philosophy believes that things that have been broken and then put back together can become stronger, more resilient and gain enhanced beauty. In Japanese culture Kintsugi objects are treasured, flaunted and revered rather than discarded, ignored or covered up. If we start to view mental illness from the view point of Kintsugi philosophy we can start to discuss and celebrate these experiences as unique strengths, resilience and beauty. #oneinfour #tactileminds #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mind #mindcharity #mindcharityuk #yunomi #kintsugi #celebrate #makersmovement #makersgonnamake #instapottery #instaart #art #ceramics #ceramicart #pottersofinstagram (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3c-M6Ug-NE/?igshid=vloausajoau5
