Today, the day before the new decade begins, I wanted to share with you another photo from the Art of Precious Scars series, created in collaboration with make up artist Olena Al. It was inspired by Kintsugi, a Japanese pottery practice where you repair broken artifacts with gold to ‘glue’ the broken parts. The idea is that the object becomes more beautiful exactly because it was broken and put back together. '
Model Rylee Wolf, photographed by Pedro Bonatto with make up by Olena Al for the Kintsugi-inspired Art of Precious Scars series.
In this photo, featuring model @wolf.rylee, we thought about the concept of mending a broken heart. I was looking at the photo earlier today, in the context of new beginnings, and thought that we usually focus on the ‘broken’ part of our lives, and not on finding the gold to put it back together.
“So my wish for you in 2020 is to go in search of your gold, mend what’s broken, and wear your glowing scars with pride.”