ganbatte – ryota fujimoto
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Several centuries ago, Bizen artisans used clay kilns to fire their pottery. One day, when opening one of these kilns, they discovered that certain pieces had taken on strange colors, that ash had settled randomly on the surfaces, creating unexpected patterns. Rather than rejecting these pieces as mistakes, they saw in them a singular beauty, a work co created with nature itself.
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A failure, an unexpected event, a situation that does not unfold as planned. We can choose to see it as bad luck, as an injustice. Or we can welcome it as an opportunity for growth, an element that, though unsettling in the moment, may ultimately give more character to our journey.
