Joined Imperfections

The delicate reconstruction of porcelain demonstrates that wholeness needn't preclude visible breaks—a painstaking process yielding unexpected patterns. Repair doesn’t offer simple restoration but initiates an ongoing reckoning with the past; each bond is both affirmation and acknowledgement of fracture. Like Hume observed, tracing a precise causal chain proves elusive, as time drifts and influences accumulate within the object itself. This navigation suggests ethics aren't about establishing pristine beginnings, but responding to what emerges through continuous interaction.