The technique known as kintsugi (“golden seams”) or kintsukuroi (“golden repair”) developed in Japan around 500 years ago, and it’s still in use, and even spreading, today. As Casey Lesser reports, “not only has kintsugi been adopted and adapted by leading contemporary artists, these days, one can take kintsugi lessons and find self-help and wellness books that use it as a metaphor for embracing flaws and imperfections.”