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“Even if the seed is nothing more than what we notice — a momentary perception, an unexpected thought, even the echo of a memory — it’s enough.”

“For children, each moment in time is all there is. No future, no past. All pure authenticity.”

“In Japanese pottery, there’s an artful form of repair called kintsugi. When a piece of ceramic pottery breaks, rather than trying to restore it to its original condition, the artisan accentuates the fault by using gold to fill the crack…Instead of the flaw diminishing the work, it becomes a focal point, an area of both physical and aesthetic strength…The scar also tells the story of the piece..”