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. '
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.”
This holidays I wanted to send a small gift to my listeners and readers as a thank you for your support and sharing this creative journey with me. So I decided to send everyone who sign up a personalized signed postcard with one of my favorite fine art photos. Go to pedrobonatto.com/gift to get your postcard :)
In this episode I share some thoughts on how art can be seen as a call to adventure, as understood by Joseph Campbell in the Hero's Journey.