If living is an art, it is a process art—composed in drafts and revisions. Japanese kintsugi repairs cracked pottery with gold lacquer (15th c.), transforming fracture into feature; in the same spirit, our imperfections can become design elements rather than defects. Wabi-sabi aesthetics value transience and patina, teaching that time’s wear can be beautiful. Oliver asks, "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" (The Summer Day, 1990), reframing existence as an authored piece. From this vantage, style is ethics in motion—and the canvas extends beyond the self. [...]
