August 10, 2026 · 54 min · Season 17 · Episode 411
About this episode
Mako Fujimura and Haejin Shim discuss the art of Kintsugi and its significance in healing and resilience.
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold — not to hide the damage, but to make the fractures the most beautiful part. Mako Fujimura, one of the world's leading contemporary artists, and his wife Haejin, an attorney and founder of Embers International, have built their lives and work around that image. This conversation is about what it actually looks like to believe it. Mako talks about his own experience of 9/11 as a Ground Zero resident, and why he sees making — pain...
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