The theory has caused a revolution in the way we think about the earth.
Theorw plate on floor broken put it back topgether.
Broken pieces are glued back together using urushi lacquer derived from the sap of the chinese lacquer tree.
Continental drift sea floor spreading and plate tectonics plate tectonics is a theory developed in the late 1960s to explain how the outer layers of the earth move and deform.
Now comes the sticky part.
Tell it your sorry.
According to the theory earth has a rigid outer layer known as the lithosphere which is typically about 100 km 60 miles thick and overlies a plastic moldable partially molten layer called the asthenosphere the lithosphere is broken up into seven very large continental and ocean sized plates six or seven medium sized regional.
Kintsugi is the japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections you can create an even stronger more.
The gold filled cracks of a once broken item are a testament to its history.
We know that india is jamming into the eurasian plate right now causing the himalayas to get higher and higher.
Glue duct tape anything that will put the pieces back together for the plate.
Right now south america and africa are moving away from each other because of new plate material being created at the mid atlantic rift.
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Since the development of the theory geologists have had to reexamine almost every aspect of.
Now let s glue this plate back together the mother said so they worked together for quite some time and had the plate looking pretty close to its original state although a few cracks and chips were still visible.
The plate believes you that you are sorry and forgives you but it is still broken.
Fortunately once it dries and hardens the toxic effects of.
The collection of the sap and processing of the urushi oil is difficult because of its toxicity.
You feel bad that the plate is still broken so you try to fix it.
So let s just do the thought experiment.
As expected the plate broke into several pieces.
Let s bring them back together.
While the general western consensus on broken objects is that they have lost their value practitioners and admirers of kintsugi believe that neverending consumerism is not a spiritually rewarding experience.
Now say you re sorry to this plate the mother said.
The plate is grateful.