Birthday poem for April
6 June 2023 13:46![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skonen_bladesMy friend April recently had a birthday. This is a poem I wrote for her.
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The Ship of Theseus theorem asks the question: if a ship has been at sea for so long that every single piece of it has been broken and replaced or repaired to the point that there is no single part of the ship that is still there from its original construction, is it still the same ship?
I argue that it is.
Kintsugi is the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery by using gold power in the repair material when it’s mended, turning the cracks a brilliant shine of veins, creating something unique and beautiful out of something that was shattered.
April
You have been broken and repaired so many times that you are now solid gold, shining for the rest of us.
You are still you
But you are also something new
I love you
We love you
Happy birthday.
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The Ship of Theseus theorem asks the question: if a ship has been at sea for so long that every single piece of it has been broken and replaced or repaired to the point that there is no single part of the ship that is still there from its original construction, is it still the same ship?
I argue that it is.
Kintsugi is the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery by using gold power in the repair material when it’s mended, turning the cracks a brilliant shine of veins, creating something unique and beautiful out of something that was shattered.
April
You have been broken and repaired so many times that you are now solid gold, shining for the rest of us.
You are still you
But you are also something new
I love you
We love you
Happy birthday.
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