What Fractures Bring

Yesterday, Philip Ball published an absolutely fantastic essay that touched me in so many ways I hardly know where to begin praising its brilliance. Go read it now or at least look at this gem:

To mend a pot, one must accept whatever its fracture brings: one must aspire to mushin — literally ‘no mind’ — a state of detachment sought by both artists and warriors.

Artists.

Warriors.

Writers.