“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

“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

“If it looks good, it will fly well…” This is a model of a Cessna Skyhawk, in Korean Airforce livery. You might know it better as the Cessna 172, the most produced aircraft ever. The 172 first flew in 1955, and over 44,000 have been built. There was a break in production 1986-1996, but you… Read more