“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck to it’s task…” Leonardo da Vinci I often include this image in my presentations for the South Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality. I allude to our audit program being the canary in the coal mine for excessive or concerning surgical outcomes. John Haldane was a Scottish… Read more

“Gold makes the ugly beautiful…” Moliere Mineral pyrite or iron pyrite is also known as fool’s gold. Pyrite’s metallic lustre and pale brass-yellow appearance gives it a superficial resemblance to gold. Compared to gold, pyrite is abundant, crystalloid, brittle, hard, non ductile, and cheap. Whilst gold is revered almost all cultures and civilizations, pyrite is… Read more