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RUNNING START – artwork inspired by KINTSUGI: When confidence and trust are built up, love becomes something to run towards, full speed, with an open heart. After a long time feeling broken, hesitant, nervous, and prone to quitting when things get hard, a person can feel like they don’t measure up and are not worthy of love. Japanese kintsugi is the art of mending broken pottery with a gold or silver lacquer. Treating breakage and repair as part of our history, rather than a flaw to disguise.